Scott Bessent at Grant’s Conference: Making America The Leader In Global Trade 

According to Scott Bessent of Key Square Capital, free trade is the ideal that the market is striving for. You may know Bessent as a hedge fund titan who became the unofficial counselor to Trump’s presidential campaign. However, unfair trade practices are a reality.

Bessent made the remarks at Grant’s Annual Fall Conference in New York on October 1st 2024.

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He continued to tease the crowd by saying “Make the international system great again.” To achieve this greatness it requires reciprocity which is almost impossible to reach with a nuclear-armed Asian trading partner, China. C China operate on the fusion...