But in a private speech in Washington for JPMorgan Chase, Scott Bessent also cautioned that talks between the U.S. and China had yet to formally start.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told investors Tuesday that the US-China trade war is unsustainable and he expects the battle to de-escalate, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN, giving a boost to a Wall Street rally that had taken shape this morning.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told an investor gathering behind closed doors on Tuesday that the tariff standoff with China can’t last and that he thinks things will calm down. People who attended Bessent’s session at an event in Washington,