US and Japanese Finance Ministers Meet Amid Yen Weakness and G20 Preparations
U.S. and Japanese finance officials held discussions focused on currency markets and broader economic strategy. The talks occurred as Treasury Secretary Bessent prepares for the G20 summit, where he intends to maintain pressure on Russia’s economy over the Ukraine conflict.
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Bessent Faces G20 Credibility Test | Bloomberg Businessweek Daily 8/31/2026
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s interventionist summer has already led to pushback and questions about his credibility in financial markets. Now he faces a test with global peers. Ahead of the meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers in Asheville, North Carolina, on Monday, Bessent has vowed to return the conversation among the world’s top economic policymakers to the core subject of boosting growth. Shawn Donnan, Bloomberg Senior Economics Writer talks about the latest from the G20. Ed...
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US treasury secretary speaks with Russian counterpart who is controversially attending G20 talks; India’s Modi says war must end. What we know on day 1,651 No economic relief for Russia is possible until its war in Ukraine ends, the US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has told a Russian counterpart. Bessent met with Anton Siluanov, the Russian finance minister, at a G20 finance leaders’ meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, where Moscow’s representatives were a surprise and unwelcome pr...
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Read full article →Japan, US finance chiefs hold talks amid yen's stubborn weakness
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (Kyodo) -- Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama held talks Monday with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent amid the
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