Bessent G20 Agenda and Doral Venue Raise Conflict and Emoluments Concerns

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's planned agenda for the 2026 G20 summit — focused on deregulation, tariff frameworks, and dollar dominance — drew scrutiny alongside the decision to host the summit at Trump's Doral resort. Ethics experts argued the G20 venue selection gave Bessent's Treasury agenda an implicit conflict: the U.S. government's negotiating partners would be simultaneously paying the president's business. Constitutional law scholars noted the arrangement had no modern precedent.