US seeks 'great rebalance' with China beyond trade

Bessent sees dollar's oversupply threatening currency's supremacy

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Source photos by AP)

TAKESHI KAWANAMI

WASHINGTON -- Much of the world breathed a sigh of relief on Monday when the U.S. and China agreed to reduce tariffs on each other by 115 percentage points. The two countries will now, according to the White House, work "toward a rebalancing."

This rebalancing involves not only the Sino-U.S. trade war but also currency and fiscal challenges amid a backdrop of growing concerns over the dollar's global reserve currency status.

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