Breaking | Boeing nears ‘large’ China orders as Trump and Xi forge new trade board: Bessent
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““Large Boeing orders” appear to be coming, US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent told CNBC on Thursday”
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While the evidence confirms that Scott Bessent is the US Secretary of the Treasury as of 2025, none of the provided search results or Wikipedia entries contain the specific quote or claim regarding 'Large Boeing orders' coming from China or a statement made to CNBC on a Thursday.
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— Bessent is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Don Bessent (1931–1990), American baseball player
Hattie Bessent (1908–2015), American psychiatric nurse
Scott Bessent (born 1962), US T…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessent
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— Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent ( BESS-ənt; born August 21, 1962) is an American businessman, financial analyst, and government official serving since 2025 as the 79th United States secretary of the treas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Bessent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Bessent
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— The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretar…
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“China and the US will discuss establishing a new joint board of trade to manage commercial ties”
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The evidence confirms that Trump and Xi are meeting to discuss trade, Iran, and Taiwan, and mentions an 'emerging economic approach of managed trade,' but there is no specific mention of the establishment of a 'new joint board of trade' in the provided text.
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— Qin, Amy (13 May 2026). "Uyghurs Hope Trump Returns to First-Term Toughness at Xi Meeting". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
The relationship between the People's Republi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–United_States_relations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–United_States_relations
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— An economic conflict between China and the United States has been ongoing since January 2018, when US president Donald Trump began imposing tariffs and other trade barriers on China with the aim of fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–United_States_trade_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–United_States_trade_war
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— The United States has often accused the People's Republic of China (PRC) of unlawfully acquiring US military technology, classified information, personnel data, and trade secrets of US companies in or…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_espionage_in_the_Unite…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_espionage_in_the_Unite…
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