Source: New York Post
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has taken a leading role behind the scenes in US trade negotiations — as President Trump expressed hope Friday that he would “open China” to American goods with his aggressive “reciprocal” tariffs. “Bessent and Trump are in the driver’s seat but [Commerce Secretary Howard] Lutnick and [White House trade adviser Peter] Navarro continue to have access and say,” a source told The Post of the dynamic inside the administration’s economic team as it works on dozens of one-for-one trade deals following Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement April 2 — and its subsequent suspension seven days later. “Trump trusts his resume, is basically what it comes down to,” this person added of Bessent, 62.
