US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the trade deal from Donald Trump’s first tariff war with China gives the world’s two biggest economies “a very good framework” for upcoming discussions after the temporary lifting of levies between them.

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Mr. Trump said the loophole had created a pathway for the chemicals involved in making fentanyl to come into the United States from China because of limited checks on these packages.