Bessent: No unilateral offer from Trump to cut China tariffs

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  • Says would not be surprised if China-US tariffs went down in a mutual way
  • Declines to comment on earlier WSJ story
  • Tariff rates are unsustainable
  • Does not have time frame for start of China talks, will have to take place at lower levels than Trump-Xi
  • With India, we are very close to a tariff deal
  • Tariff negotiations will not be an extended process at all
  • US-Japan talks don’t have specific FX level targets
  • I am expecting current tax policy to be extended and a great part of that to be permanent
  • Full China-US trade deal could take 2-3 years

US stocks are giving back some gains and the bitcoin has slipped particularly badly.

This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.