00:00U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besson says he will push G7 finance ministers to tighten sanctions
00:06and cut off financing linked to what he called Iran's war machine.
00:11The comments come as G7 finance ministers meet in France for two days of talks,
00:16with officials weighing the risks of weaker growth alongside rising inflation linked to the war in the Middle East.
00:23Tomorrow we will also be discussing sanctions and terror finance,
00:28and we call upon all our G7 and indeed all of our allies and the rest of the world to
00:34follow the sanctions regime
00:36so that we can crack down on the illicit finance that is fueling the Iranian war machine
00:43and give this money back to the Iranian people.
00:45So thank you all.
00:47France, which holds the rotating presidency of the Group of Seven, is trying to keep talks on track
00:52as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff push adds to rising geopolitical tensions.
00:58His more combative, transactional approach to trade and diplomacy has unsettled G7 partners.
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