Always a jolt to see the huge difference in tone of coverage when other BBC correspondents turn up in the US. I can usually spot when something hasn't come from their chief US correspondent Anthony Zurcher within a couple of lines
(I've no idea about Zurcher's personal beliefs, but he's a reliable parrot of Republican messaging – with a bit of token added both-sidesism.)
Anyway, interesting article from Faisal Islam, getting straight in there without a filter to protect delicate MAGA sensibilities.
There are signs Trump could be ready to retreat on tariffs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g45zp77y5o
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It is true that there was far more relative calm at the end of the IMF Meetings compared to the beginning. Why? Because the US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has seized control of the tariff agenda and has almost single-handedly calmed markets and the rest of the world.
Financial diplomats put down the Bessent ascendancy and the critical 90 day pause in the so-called "reciprocal" tariffs to some farcical West Wing antics.
The story goes Bessent was able to get the ear of Trump regarding the bond market damage from his tariffs, only after a separate White House economic adviser managed to use the bait of a fake meeting to lure away the hardline tariff hawk and author of the infamous reciprocal tariff equation Pete Navarro from patrolling the Oval Office.
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At best this sounds like the future of the world economy and all our livelihoods played out like a real time Hilary Mantel novel about the court of Trump.