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Scott Bessent: “The President always asked for more AG purchases.”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Paul Gigot in Conversation with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

Published | Video Starts at 16:18

Can we do some kind of a 30 by 30 or 40 by 40 billion agreement in terms of tariff free goods? Mutual. Mutual purchases. Mutual purchases. The President always asked for more AG purchases. And I would think that the Chinese would be much more interested in American oil and LNG after their experience with the choke point in the Gulf. (16:18–16:22)

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Asserts that the President consistently requests more agricultural purchases from China.

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