Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent will travel to the United Kingdom and Spain Friday for crucial talks with his Spanish, British and Chinese government counterparts.
While in Madrid, Secretary Bessent will meet with senior representatives from China, including Vice Premier He Lifeng, to discuss key national security, economic, and trade issues of mutual interest, including TikTok and cooperating on money laundering networks that threaten both the United States and China.
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May 08, 2026 15:50 ET Manufacturing and services sector survey results and labor market data from main economies were the highlight on the economics news front this week. Factory orders and jobs report dominated the news flow in the U.S. Similarly, industrial production data from German garnered attention in Europe. In Asia, purchasing managers’ survey results from China and the central bank decision from Australia were in focus.