{"id":"n_nonlwrqe6bcviix4chgq","seq":10925745,"kind":"article","title":"Bessent: Commerce failed to blacklist Megaspeed","url":"https://www.columbian.com/news/2026/nov/13/bessent-commerce-failed-to-blacklist-megaspeed","summary":"WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent blamed the Commerce Department on Friday for the government’s failure to sanction the Singaporean data center firm Megaspeed, saying that other departments had pushed for the measure but that Commerce “has the pen.”","published":"2026-11-14T00:26:06Z","seen":"2026-11-14T01:04:00Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-columbian-com-a45f7c","name":"columbian.com","domain":"columbian.com"},"via":"kite-columbian-com-a45f7c","topics":["washington","business","nation & world"],"authors":["Ana Swanson, The New York Times News Service"],"image":"https://www.columbian.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/1114_met_NVIDIA-BESSENT-768x512.jpg","mentions":2,"story":"st_nx2wuhevejye3tsqefua","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.79,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.42,"political":0.17}