Billy Long, who was sworn in just under two months ago, was already the sixth person to hold the job this year. He told NBC ...

Closer to home, casualties of the trade war are showing up on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border, say economists with BMO ...

The United States imposed sanctions Thursday on 18 entities and individuals to target what the Treasury Department called a ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Premier Li Qiang sounded a hopeful note on bilateral relations at the start of their Sunday meeting in Beijing. Apr 6, 2024 ...

The United States and China agreed to pause tariff hikes on each other’s goods for an additional 90 days, a White House official told CNN. Without the agreement, tariffs were set to immediately surge, ...

Bessent based his assumption that there’s a written and signed agreement on the trade deals reached with Indonesia and the ...

"I am most pleased to nominate Scott Bessent to serve as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States," Trump said in a statement emailed to Newsweek.

Delegations from the United States and China will meet Monday in Stockholm, Sweden to keep the current trade truce alive and possibly negotiate a permanent deal.

The treasury secretary is a high-level Cabinet position charged with advising the president on matters related to financial, economic and tax policy.

The United States has been trying to make up lost ground in the geopolitical contest with China and Russia to cultivate relations in Africa. Nigeria, which is Africa’s largest economy, is key to ...