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Bessent to G20 finance leaders: Get tougher on China

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday he plans on encouraging leaders from Group of 20 (G20) countries to re-examine their trading relationships with China. "The world cannot have a China with a $1.2 trillion trade surplus," Bessent told Reuters. "In China, the economy is quite weak, and they are trying to export their way out...

Bessent to G20 finance leaders: Get tougher on China

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