Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that he sold off his holdings tied to thousands of acres of North Dakota soybean farmland last week, distancing himself from assets that could present conflicts of interest.
He leads President Donald Trump’s trade negotiations with China, including on Beijing’s purchase of U.S. soybeans.
“I actually just divested it this week as part of my ethics agreement, so I’m out of that business, but I probably know more about any Treasury secretary than agriculture since the 1800s,” Bessent told CBS News’ “Face the Nation.”
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