G20 countries should consider more trade barriers with China to cut imbalances, Bessent says

Reuters: Bessent said in an interview ahead ⁠of a G20 finance leaders meeting that the ​current flood of exports from China was unsustainable, even ​though the U.S. direct trade position with China was “rapidly improving.”

“The world cannot have a China with a $1.2 trillion trade ​surplus,” Bessent said. “In China, the economy is quite ​weak, and they are trying to export their way out of ‌it, ⁠and they need to rebalance their economy.”…

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