G7 finance ministers meet in Paris as headwinds mount for global economy

Scott Bessent wants allies to heap pressure on Tehran, as regime leadership refuses to fold.

Finance chiefs from the G7 industrialized nations gathered in Paris on Monday for two days of talks aimed at forging a united front as the Middle East war roils economic prospects worldwide.

Syria's economy remains deeply damaged by years of war and isolation.

After more than a year of imposing tariffs on its Western allies and threatening more, the Trump administration now needs the assistance of its fellow members of the Group of 7 nations to stabilize an economic crisis of its own making.