US Treasury Secretary: The Trump administration is open to reaching an agreement on reducing tariffs

BlockBeats news, on April 8th, according to WSJ, US Treasury Secretary Besson stated that the Trump administration is open to reaching an agreement on reducing tariffs and denied that the market sell-off led the White House to change its approach. There are reports that Besant visited Trump in Florida over the weekend, urging him to change information about tariffs, which Besant denies. He said, "I want to say that negotiations are the result of a large number of phone calls coming in to negotiate." "This has nothing to do with the market Bessent said, "I think you will see some countries with huge trade deficits coming forward soon." "If they come to the negotiating table with reliable suggestions, I think we can eventually reach some good agreements." Bessent added that even if an agreement is reached, some tariffs may remain unchanged.