Asheville G20: Bessent presses growth-first, private-sector-led global expansion
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At the G20 finance ministers’ meeting in Asheville, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pitches a growth-first agenda centered on American energy dominance, AI leadership, deregulation, and private-sector investment, while pushing peers to address global imbalances and accelerate sovereign debt restructurings. He notes 19 of 20 G20 members backing the direction (with China dissenting), emphasizes private-sector engagement and regional benefits (e.g., Asheville), and frames AI-driven productivity gains as a path to higher real wages and stronger growth, all under a stance of U.S. leadership in global trade and finance.
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