Bessent och Svantesson på träff i New York

 ... ostensibly for the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. 


Optimism punctured when Bessent clarified US wouldn’t unilaterally lower tariffs on China

And in a sign of their strains, the top US economic official had no meetings planned with his Chinese counterparts during the week, a time when they would usually hold talks.



“Honestly, the US needs to earn our confidence back,” Sweden’s Minister of Finance Elisabeth Svantesson said in an interview.

Bloomberg 24 April 2025

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-24/trump-s-trade-whiplash-sinks-world-into-dreaded-uncertainty


China tells US to ‘cancel all unilateral tariffs’ if it wants talks. Beijing says claims it is nearing a deal with Washington to resolve the trade war are ‘fake news’

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2025/04/is-this-trumps-mitterrand-moment.html



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