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Treasury Secretary Bessent says he has divested his soybean farm

Treasury Secretary Bessent says he has divested his soybean farm Reuters Actualizado Mon, December 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM GMT+5:30 1 min read WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (Reuters) - U. S. 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. The divestiture comes four months after the U. S.

Treasury Secretary Bessent says he has divested his soybean farm

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Key Highlights

  • Office of Government Ethics informed the Senate Finance Committee in an August 11 letter that Bessent had failed to ⁠comply with certain terms ‌of the agreement aimed at avoiding any potential conflict of interest.
  • "I'm involved in the agricultural industry.
  • I ‍run a soybean farm," Bessent initially told CBS' "Face the Nation" program while discussing the U. S.
  • trade situation for U. S.
  • farmers.
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