Bessent claimed that decades of prioritizing low-cost sourcing have left the U.S. vulnerable to supply chain disruptions, all while compromising the country's domestic manufacturing.
The lawsuit against Chemours alleged that the company illegally dumped PFAS into the Ohio River, Cape Fear River and Delaware River over the course of a decade.
Cracks in the wing beam of some A380 planes were discovered during previous inspections, with regulators warning that the issue could compromise the wing's structural integrity.
The IMO said that it will carry out a large-scale operation with cooperation between the maritime industry and the U.S., Iran, Oman and other Gulf Coast states.
The announcement reflects a wider trend among tech firms, which are spending hundreds of billions of dollars on building AI infrastructure such as data centers.