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Scott Bessent: “The global financial system is one of the great achievements…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Published | Video Starts at 08:17

The threat is transnational. Our response must be no less so. Indeed, our cooperation must be as disciplined as the networks we seek to dismantle. The global financial system is one of the great achievements of the modern world, and we never must allow it to become a sanctuary for those who seek to subvert it. So, on behalf of the United States treasury, let there be no uncertainty about the work before us and the resolve with which we will undertake it. (08:17–08:30)

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Asserts the importance of protecting the global financial system from being used by those who seek to subvert it.

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