​伊朗衝突(戰爭)對世局的影響(43)

（巫本添 9/16/2026 星期三寫於紐約市）

​伊朗衝突(戰爭)對世局的影響(43)

美國財政部長 Bessent 實事求是，9/26 川習白宮會談可能有變數？

​前言

​9/15 星期二，在「眾議院金融服務委員會聽證會」（House Financial Services Committee hearing）上，美國財政部長 Scott Bessent 表示，他與中國官員進行了「非常好的」（very good）私下談話。談話主題是：中國與伊朗斷絕經濟關係這件事情。

​主題

​Bessent 在眾議院金融服務委員會聽證會上，回答聽證會主席 French Hill（阿肯色州 Arkansas 共和黨眾議員）的問話時，特別強調上個月財政部發動的 Operation Economic Outcast，主要目的就是要削弱伊朗的經濟。

​Bessent 說：

​”With China, we have had some very good private discussions, and I look forward to those continuing this weekend when I meet my Chinese counterpart,”
​「我們與中國進行了一些非常好的私下討論，我期待這個週末與中國代表會面時繼續進行這些討論。」

​Bessent 又強調，他預計中國國家主席習近平 9 月 26 日在白宮和川普總統見面會談時，將帶來更多的勢頭（momentum），局勢會越來越好。
​在聽證會上，Bessent 還表示，阿拉伯聯合大公國 UAE（United Arab Emirates）已經「切斷了與伊朗的金融交易和貿易」（”cut off financial transactions and trade with Iran.”）。

​另外，他提醒國會眾議員，美國財政部已經制裁（sanctioned）了一家位於杜拜（Dubai）的埃及銀行分行。這家銀行分行自去年以來，已經匯款給伊朗超過 18 億（1.8 billion）美元。

​Bessent 特別聲明：

​”That bank will be closing,”
​「那家銀行必將會關門。」

​美國財政部長 Bessent 在聽證會一開始的致辭（Opening Statement）中說：

​”The strength of our economy has allowed the United States to wage the greatest economic isolation campaign in the history of the world against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its enablers,”
​「我們經濟的實力使美國能夠對『伊朗伊斯蘭共和國』以及『提供支援給伊朗的國家』，發起人類歷史上最大規模的經濟封鎖戰。」

​”President Trump has taken action that his predecessors have long deferred against a regime that devotes itself to ‘Death to America’ and seeks nuclear weapons to do just that. Under his leadership, America is no longer managing the Iranian threat. We are ending it.”
​「川普總統對一個一心一意高喊『消滅美國』的政權採取了行動，而他的前任們對這個威脅長期以來一直拖延不決。而且伊朗尋求核武就是為了做到『消滅美國』。在川普總統的領導下，美國已經不再是控管伊朗威脅，而是在終結伊朗威脅。」

​結論

​美國財政部長 Scott Bessent 於 2026 年 9 月 15 日星期二，在美國眾議院金融服務委員會聽證會上，就通貨膨脹、能源價格及對伊朗經濟戰等議題，接受委員會共和黨以及民主黨兩黨眾議員的質詢。
​Bessent 的臨場反應得到各界的讚賞：態度平和，不慍不火、不卑不亢，而且對答如流，拿捏得當；面帶笑容，顯得從容有修養。

​根據美國財政部長 Scott Bessent 在聽證會現場的開場白（Opening Statement），印證美國財政部正式公佈的原稿，Bessent 有這三大目標：

​第一：為川普總統的政策辯護，強調對伊朗採取軍事與經濟對抗行動的必要性。

​第二：強調美國正在透過史無前例的經濟孤立手段對付伊朗以及伊朗的盟友。

​第三：鄭重聲明美國對伊朗的政策，已經從過去的「管控威脅」，轉變成現在川普總統的「徹底終結威脅」。

​但是，在這個聽證會上，美國財政部長 Bessent 透露的最大訊息是：9/26 中國國家主席習近平將到美國白宮和川普總統見面開會。美國財政部長 Scott Bessent 現在和中國代表已經開始了 9/26 川習會的會前會。

​本文作者認為，美國對伊朗霍爾木茲海峽（Hormuz）的海上運輸封鎖（Blockade），以及美國對伊朗及其盟國的全面經濟制裁（Sanctions），是川習會的主題。
​因為美國對伊朗的海上封鎖以及全面經濟制裁，眾所皆知，中國受到的影響在全世界是名列前茅。

​中國國家主席習近平可能比美國川普總統更想早一點結束「伊朗衝突(戰爭)」吧。本來中國以為已經向美國川普總統將了一軍，因為伊朗衝突(戰爭)引起美國油價物價雙雙上漲，美國期中選舉執政黨共和黨在國會兩院極可能變成少數黨。偏偏川普總統宣布，伊朗衝突(戰爭)可能在期中選舉前後結束。

​更有甚者，兩天前，中國國家主席習近平在印度新德里召開金磚國家（BRICS）大會時，在全世界的注目下，身體嚴重不舒服，臉部表情極度痛苦。在印度總理用英語詢問：「Is it OK?」之後匆匆離開，飛回北京。

​因此，距離 9/26 在白宮的川習會尚有九天，扣掉時差及飛行時間，應該只剩一星期的休息時間。
​相信美國川普總統希望中國國家主席 Xi 早點康復，因為 9/26 在美國白宮的會談，沒有 Xi，怎麼談？
​附：美國財政部長 Scott Bessent 在 2026 年 9 月 15 日美國眾議院金融服務委員會聽證會上的開場陳述（Opening Statement）

​美國財政部正式公佈的英文原文：
​U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
​STATEMENTS & REMARKS
Statement from Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent Before the United States House Committee on Financial Services
​September 15, 2026
As prepared for delivery.

​Chairman Hill, Ranking Member Waters, and members of the Committee, thank you for convening today’s hearing. I look forward to discussing the international financial system as we strengthen American leadership within it.
​In recent weeks, the United States brought that leadership to Asheville, where we welcomed the world for our G20 Finance Ministerial.

​For decades, multilateral forums like the G20 accumulated sprawling agendas while losing sight of their core missions. Under President Trump, we are getting back to basics. Growth is the condition on which durable prosperity depends. And our Chair Statement achieved broad agreement on the need to promote it.

​I am also pleased that we reached consensus from economies representing more than two-thirds of global GDP to address excessive and persistent imbalances, advance financial literacy, improve the global sovereign debt architecture, and support regulatory modernization. In substance and in spirit, these priorities reflect the Administration’s approach to international institutions by ensuring that American time and resources serve American interests. We are also bringing that same discipline to the IMF and World Bank so they remain true to their core mandates and are better positioned to promote economic growth.

​Of course, as growth guides our leadership on the world stage, it is the force that is carrying our great nation into a new era of strength here at home. President Trump’s economic turnaround is especially impressive given the severity of the situation he inherited from his predecessor, when inflation soared to a forty-year high and middle-class families were torched with price increases of 21.5 percent.

​Under President Trump, the private sector has created over 1 million jobs. Real wages are outpacing inflation. The bottom 25 percent of wage earners are seeing larger wage increases than those at the top. And the Working Families Tax Cuts has delivered the largest share of tax relief directly to millions of low- and middle-income Americans.

​Over 64 million tax returns claimed at least one of President Trump’s signature new tax cuts—No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Overtime, no tax on American car loan interest, and an enhanced deduction for low- and middle-income seniors. Through Tax Day, working families received over $325 billion in refunds. More than 40 million families have claimed the permanently doubled and expanded Child Tax Credit. And as important as what this legislation achieved is what it prevented. If opponents of the Working Families Tax Cuts had their way, our economy would have absorbed the largest tax hike in its history—over $5 trillion.

​Each of these improvements points to a structural renewal of America’s capacity to build, to produce, and to prosper.

​U.S. manufacturing is roaring back to its fastest pace in years. August marked eight consecutive months of domestic manufacturing growth. Business activity has surged to a 52-month high. And as companies allocate trillions to building and expanding across the U.S., the Atlanta Fed now projects Q3 GDP growth to surpass 4 percent. A new industrial supercycle is moving from investment into production, and from blueprints into paychecks.

​Finally, the strength of our economy has allowed the United States to wage the greatest economic isolation campaign in the history of the world against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its enablers.

​President Trump has taken action that his predecessors have long deferred against a regime that devotes itself to “Death to America” and seeks nuclear weapons to do just that. Under his leadership, America is no longer managing the Iranian threat. We are ending it. And America’s economic resurgence is reinforcing our capacity to do so from a position of strength.
​Together, the growth we are advancing abroad, the prosperity we are building at home, and the might we are unleashing against our adversaries are bound by the same conviction to restore American strength in service of the American people.

​That is the purpose of our economic leadership—and the principle that will continue to guide it.
Thank you, and I look forward to your questions.

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