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Scott Bessent 56 stories · 22 sources · updated every week
Bessent's Sept 23 deadline to shut down Iranian airlines failed, with Mahan Air landing in Guangzhou. China publicly slammed the sanctions, complicating the upcoming Trump-Xi summit. Watch for any AI notification mechanism from the summit and further Chinese responses to sanctions.
☆ Watch this file Timeline Oct 05 Treasury crackdown exposes crypto's role in $2 million Hamas fundraising network CoinDesk
Oct 02 Treasury, IRS Crack Down on Wealthy ETF Tax Dodge CNBC
Oct 01 U.S. Threatens Europe With Diesel Export Ban Globe and Mail Business
Oct 01 Trump's Iran Escalation Scenarios After the Midterms Foreign Policy
Oct 01 Experts Split on Trump-Xi Summit: AI Progress or Pageantry? War on the Rocks
Sep 29 US sanctions 10 entities for allegedly supporting Iran’s military Al Jazeera
Sep 29 Trump Accounts will auto-enroll children, potentially adding 60 million accounts: Treasury CNBC
Sep 29 US Sanctions 10 in China, HK, Pakistan Over Iran Weapons Straits Times Asia
Sep 29 US Sanctions 10 Entities in Iran, Hong Kong, Pakistan India Today World
Sep 27 Trump Rejects Iran Hormuz Deal, Tehran Insists on Talks BBC World
Sep 27 Treat AI risk like a pathogen, not a missile Asia Times
Sep 26 China, US agree to set up channel for AI safety incidents DW Asia
Sep 25 Bitcoin ETF flows turn positive for 2026 after erasing $5.8 billion deficit CoinDesk
Sep 25 US-China Rivalry Frozen Post-Summit; Analysts Say Beijing Wins DW Asia
Sep 25 Trump Raises Yen Weakness Concerns With Japan's Takaichi Channel News Asia
Sep 25 Xi Pledges AI Cooperation With Trump, Extends Trade Truce Asia Times
Sep 24 Xi Pitches US-China Military Cooperation at Trump Summit The Guardian World
Sep 24 Trump Tells Xi Summit: DOJ Is Our AI Guardrail NPR News
Sep 24 Analysis: Higher Treasury yields deliver a reality check on a hot, inflation-prone economy CNBC
Sep 24 Trump welcomes Xi with Big Tech dinner; AI, Iran, trade on agenda NPR News
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