World News | Treasury Secretary Says Market Uncertainty Good for Trump Negotiating Trade Deals

Washington, Apr 29 (AP) US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent said the economic uncertainty upending global financial markets is a tool Trump can use as he negotiates tariffs and trade deals.

“President Trump creates what I would call strategic uncertainty in the negotiations,” he told reporters at the White House.

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“I think the aperture of uncertainty will be narrowing and, as we start moving forward announcing deals, then there will be certainty,” Bessent said. “But certainty is not necessarily a good thing in negotiating.”

To those with questions about the market uncertainty, Leavitt added: “I would say, trust in President Trump.” (AP)

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