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US Treasury Bars Reporters From Several Outlets From G20 Meeting
The US Treasury Department excluded journalists from several media outlets, including Bloomberg News and the Wall Street Journal, from coverage of this week’s Group of 20 finance ministers summit in Asheville, North Carolina, amid global market volatility and the US-Iran conflict.
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- Why it matters
- Exclusions from a major financial summit limit public scrutiny of high-level economic policy discussions at a moment of acknowledged market volatility and geopolitical tension.
- Most affected
- Readers of Bloomberg News and Wall Street Journal — No direct reporting from the G20 finance summit this week.
- Likely next
- Whether the Treasury reverses the exclusions before the summit, whether other major outlets report the same exclusion, or whether the Treasury issues a formal statement explaining the decision.
Also reported by: The Straits Times