Sec. Bessent: ‘The Upside Surprise for Me from This Weekend Was the Level of Chinese Engagement on the Fentanyl Crisis in the U.S.’

BESSENT: “This does not include any sector-specific tariffs that have been put across all of our trading partners. And as the ambassador said, I think he would agree with me that the upside surprise for me from this weekend was the level of Chinese engagement on the fentanyl crisis in the United States. They brought the deputy minister for security, for public safety, who is not traditionally part of the trade team or the negotiating team. And he had a very robust and highly detailed discussion.”