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Scott Bessent: “We have done the sanctions relief and this is a general…”

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

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's America 250 Address: Economic Statecraft, Tariffs, and the Dollar

Published | Video Starts at 27:54

Well, to that point. I mean, have they performed up to this point to get that relief on this sanction again, that there is nothing there, that we have, We have done the sanctions relief and this is a general benefit to the global markets. And it's not automatic tit for tat. This is going to be an arc of a negotiation and we have done this. (27:54–28:02)

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Asserts that U.S. sanctions relief on Iran benefits global markets.

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