Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States and China agreed to extend the Busan agreement economic detente from a Nov. 10 end date to Jan. 10, according to Fox News (opens in new tab)’ account of his Wednesday, Sept. 23 remarks and parallel reporting by NBC News (opens in new tab), Business Insider (opens in new tab), Anadolu Agency (opens in new tab), and TASS (opens in new tab) carrying the U.S. claim.
Bessent, who met Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng the same day, framed the extension as buying time for economic talks during Xi Jinping’s Washington state visit, those outlets said. The Event Log treats the Jan. 10 date as a Bessent / U.S. cabinet announcement—not a confirmed bilateral joint readout—until Beijing issues matching MFA, commerce ministry, or joint confirmation.
Companion coverage from NBC, Business Insider (opens in new tab), Anadolu, and TASS (opens in new tab) repeats the extension as Bessent announced it; none of the cited packages include a Chinese MFA or joint statement locking the same end date.
The Event Log keeps this developing as a U.S.-side claim and does not treat the Busan extension as settled bilateral fact absent Beijing confirmation.