Trump Treasury Sec. Bessent says he’s felt ‘pain’ from China because he’s a ‘soybean farmer’
2025-10-27 13:50:29 source：CNBC
October 26, 2025
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessett said Sunday he, too, has “felt pain” from China refusing to buy U.S.-grown soybeans during a trade conflict with President Donald Trump because “I’m actually a soybean farmer.”
Bessent’s comment came during an interview with ABC News’ “This Week,” where he said that trade negotiations with China in the past two days had led to a “substantial framework” that he believed would alleviate American soybean farmers’ concerns about the boycott.
Trump is set to meet later this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea.
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