Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressed confidence Tuesday that a trade deal with China is near.

With so-called reciprocal tariffs set to take effect in November, Bessent said during a CNBC interview that he expects further talks to happen before then.

"We'll be seeing each other again," he said during a wide-ranging exchange on " Squawk Box . "Each one of those talks has become more and more productive. I think the Chinese now sense that a trade deal is possible."

The statement comes with talks taking a series of twists and turns since Trump announced his initial "liberation day" duties on U.S. global trading partners April 2.

Under the initial move, China would have faced tariffs up to 145%, but those were suspended as talks continued. An initial pause on reciprocal tariffs was

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