US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has organized this week's G20 finance ministers' meeting, aiming to showcase President Donald Trump's economic agenda as a model for accelerating global growth. The gathering places Bessent in a delicate position, as he urges foreign counterparts who have grown increasingly uneasy about Trump's tariff policies and the Iran conflict to align with Washington's approach.

Simultaneously, Bessent must reassure nations that the United States can manage its substantial debt without endangering the global financial system, while also rallying support for a new round of economic pressure targeting Iran. According to sources familiar with the matter, a brief G7 finance ministers' meeting will also take place on Monday, covering topics including Ukraine and frontier artificial intelligence.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, and a host of corporate leaders from manufacturing, healthcare, technology, and crypto industries will participate in the G20 discussions. Executives attending include Albemarle CEO Kent Masters, 3M CEO Bill Brown, Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks, Truist Bank incoming CEO Michael Lyons, Citigroup global digital assets head Ryan Rugg, fintech startup Ramp CEO Eric Glyman, and Circle President Heath Tarbert, a former CFTC commissioner and Treasury official in Trump's first administration.