Bessent: Peace Through (Manufacturing) Strength
‘The Nation that Depends on Its Adversaries for Critical Inputs Is Not Truly Sovereign’
‘Where Is the Lowest Cost?’ Is No Longer the Right Question

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday laid out a doctrine of “economic statecraft,” telling the Economic Club of New York that the United States would wield its economic power “in service of our sovereignty” and warning that a country unable




























































