US treasury chief Bessent backs using US financial power as foreign policy tool
The Trump administration has also used tariffs as a foreign policy tool.
US treasury chief Bessent backs using US financial power as foreign policy tool
The Trump administration has also used tariffs as a foreign policy tool.
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