U.S. Treasury Secretary BESSENT warned companies and countries against paying transit fees to Iran.

Brendan Schulman, vice president for policy and government affairs at Boston Dynamics, said at the Tokyo Humanoid Robot Summit that to date robotics technology has been only lightly affected by geopolitical pressure, but that could change soon. He said Washington policymakers are beginning to focus on robotics. He added that general government policies (for example, tariffs on metals) also affect robots because they affect supply chains.

SWISS NATIONAL BANK CHAIRMAN said the Swiss franc is a safe-haven currency and tends to appreciate during periods of elevated global uncertainty.