WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent leveled harsh criticism at the operations of the World Bank and the ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday called on the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to refocus on ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva and World Bank President Ajay Banga ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called for a course correction for the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, while ...

Bessent said the Trump administration would not seek to retreat from those institutions but instead push to play a stronger ...

It devotes disproportionate time and resources to work on climate change, gender, and social issues,” Bessent said.

U.S. Treasury Sec. Bessent calls for IMF and World Bank overhaul, criticizes China's export-driven model and urges global ...

Speaking at the Institute of International Finance forum in Washington, DC, Bessent accused the IMF of “mission creep,” claiming that the agency “devotes disproportionate time and resources ...

Bessent spoke of what he called shortcomings in the IMF and World Bank. But he reserved some of his sharpest complaints for the fund’s management. “The IMF was once unwavering in its mission ...

Bessent said that more than 100 countries have approached the U.S. to negotiate trade agreements since the Trump ...