(Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his top priority was to secure a fair trade deal with China, after the fallout from his chaotic tariff policy shook consumer and business sentiment globally and led to a first-quarter U.S. economic contraction. Signs of a de-escalation in the trade war with China appeared after U.S. officials engaged in a...

WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday said President Donald Trump's tariff, tax-cut and deregulation agenda would work together to drive long-term investment to the U.S. economy, adding that U.S. financial markets were anti-fragile and would weather any short-term turbulence. Bessent, in prepared remarks to the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles, delivered a...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday said President Donald Trump's tariff, tax-cut and deregulation agenda would work together to drive long-term investment to the U.S. economy, adding that U.S. financial markets were anti-fragile and would weather any short-term turbulence. Bessent, in prepared remarks to the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles, delivered a full-throated defense of...

(Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his top priority was to secure a fair trade deal with China, after the fallout from his chaotic tariff policy shook consumer and business sentiment globally and led to a first-quarter U.S. economic contraction. Signs of a de-escalation in the trade war with China appeared after U.S. officials engaged in a...