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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arriving for the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' meeting in Asheville, North Carolina. Photo: Allison Joyce / AFP via Getty Images.
The globe's top economic policymakers gather in the mountains at a shaky period for the global economy, with the Iran conflict driving up energy prices, trade tensions running high and governments facing huge debt loads.
What they're saying: Bessent pointed to the U.S. economy as a model, arguing that deregulation and policies aimed at boosting private-sector growth should be more broadly embraced by G20 nations.
