G-20 Gatherings Move On Without Uncle Sam
Trump’s trade wars dominate finance ministers’ concerns, but his top representatives were no-shows. Plus: The world’s largest zipper maker navigates tariffs.
Donald Trump leaving the Lincoln Reagan Dinner in St. Paul, Minnesota, in May 2024.
Photographer: Scott Olson/Getty Images
Bloomberg TV’s Europe correspondent Oliver Crook was in South Africa last week as many of the world’s finance ministers gathered there for talks. One big name was missing: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. That’s notable amid the countdown to Trump’s Aug. 1 tariff deadline. Plus: Read about the threat Elon Musk poses to his own companies, and take a tour of the world’s largest zipper manufacturer.
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