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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that a number of allies in the Gulf region and in Asia have requested currency swap lines from the United States to help deal with energy shocks and other fallout from the Middle East war. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Dr Kristi Diwan, Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute.
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