U.S. Treasury’s Bessent and China’s He Launch Talks on AI, Trade and Critical Minerals
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng met in New York ahead of a Trump-Xi summit. China accused the United States of double standards after Trump threatened an additional 100 percent tariff. Bessent criticized Beijing's rare earth export curbs as "China versus the world."
Why it matters: This matters for the briefing's theme of trade, given the tariff threat and rare earth export curbs.