Scott Bessent: “There's a lot of undisclosed debt.”

“Several countries, one in particular have done the equivalent of a loan to own program with a lot of these countries. And There's a lot of undisclosed debt. There are a lot of tolling arrangements that are unfortunate. And I think only these multilateral banks can effectuate that. But you know, again, I do want to congratulate them.” (20:08–20:12)

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