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US Treasury's Bessent to attend G7 finance meeting, focus on imbalances
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Posted on May 18, 2025
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 18, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will attend the G7 finance meeting in Canada, focusing on trade imbalances and private sector growth.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will attend the Group of Seven finance leaders' meeting in Canada next week and will seek to refocus the group on addressing trade imbalances and non-market economic practices, a Treasury spokesperson said on Sunday.
Bessent will join fellow G7 finance ministers and central bank governors in the Rocky Mountain resort town of Banff, Alberta. The Treasury spokesperson said Bessent also will discuss with these officials ways to generate more growth led by the private sector. The G7 includes Canada, the U.S., Japan, Germany, France, Britain and Italy.
(Reporting by David Lawder; Editing by Rod Nickel)
The main topic is the G7 finance meeting where US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will focus on trade imbalances and private sector growth.
Scott Bessent, along with other G7 finance ministers and central bank governors, will attend the meeting in Banff, Alberta.
Key issues include trade imbalances, non-market economic practices, and strategies for private sector-led growth.
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