Bessent to Meet China Officials on Deadline Extension

Bessent to Meet China Officials on Deadline Extension

In Summary

  • Says meetings with China will take place in Stockholm next Monday and Tuesday
  • Trump administration officials would discuss reducing China’s over-reliance on manufacturing and exports
  • Says there’s bipartisan support in US Senate to impose tariffs of 100% on goods from countries that continue to buy Russian oil
  • Says US was poised to announce “a rash of trade deals” with other countries, including Japan


Catenaa, Tuesday, July 22, 2025- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that he will meet his Chinese counterpart next week and discuss what is likely to be an extension of an August 12 deadline for higher tariffs.

Bessent told Fox Business that trade with China was in “a very good place” and the meetings in Stockholm would take place next Monday and Tuesday.

“I think we’ve actually moved to a new level with China, where it’s very constructive and… we’re going to be able to get a lot of things done now that trade has kind of settled in at a good level,” Bessent said.

Bessent said that in Stockholm, Trump administration officials would discuss other issues, including reducing China’s over-reliance on manufacturing and exports.

“Hopefully we can see the Chinese pull back on some of this glut of manufacturing that they’re doing and concentrate on building a consumer economy,” Bessent said.

He said he also wants to issue warnings to China about continuing to buy sanctioned Russian and Iranian oil and China’s efforts to aid Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Bessent said that there was bipartisan support in the US Senate for legislation aimed at imposing tariffs of 100% on goods from countries that continue to buy Russian oil, namely China and India.

“I’m going to be in touch with my European counterparts. The Europeans that have talked a big game about sanctioning Russia, and it’ll be very important for the Europeans to also be willing to put on this high level of secondary tariffs for sanctioned Russian oil.”

He said that the US was poised to announce “a rash of trade deals” with other countries, and Japan could be among these despite an election setback for Japan’s ruling party and difficult negotiations.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if we aren’t able to iron out something with Japan pretty quickly,” Bessent said.

Nonetheless, he said that for most countries, tariffs would “boomerang” back towards April 2 levels from the current 10%, but negotiations on trade deals could continue.

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