The new york times has reported that secretary bessent owned as much as $25 million of soybean and corn farmland in north dakota. Treasury secretary scott bessent says he has divested from his north dakota soybean farmland This move comes as he leads trump administration negotiations with china over trade and tariffs. Treasury secretary scott bessent, a key figure in implementing president donald trump's economic agenda including tariffs, disclosed on sunday that he has recently divested his interests in a soybean farm to comply with the ethics agreement he signed last january when he joined the administration. Bessent divests from soybean farmland ahead of trump aid announcement for farmers treasury secretary scott bessent says he has divested from his north dakota soybean. Treasury secretary scott bessent said sunday he sold his soybean farm last week and acknowledged farmers still need federal help despite a trade deal with china
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