Bessent Says Trump, Xi May Speak ‘Very Soon’ About Trade Agreement

‘We will see what the consequences are’ after a call, Bessent said.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office on May 30, 2025. Allison Robbert/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping may soon have a call regarding the Chinese regime’s tariff agreement violations that Trump revealed on May 30.

“We will see what the consequences are,” Bessent said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on June 1. “I believe we'll see something very soon.”