"I think we can understand why they'd be outraged by this result given the evidence," he said on Wednesday. "We respect the jury's decision but we obviously very strongly disagree with it."
The Chancellor said she faced a £22bn "black hole" in the public finances this year, although about £9bn of that reflects her decision to award and fund above-inflation public sector pay deals.Speculation is building over which taxes she might raise in the Budget or whether she might tweak the debt targets she has pledged to stick to.
These are known as the fiscal rules and are self-imposed by government to manage its borrowing within a five-year time-frame. Changing these rules would give Reeves more flexibility over tax and spending plans. She has so far refused to rule out altering them.The Chancellor also referred to Amazon's announcement on Wednesday of plans to spend £8bn building data centres in the UK.She said this would "help rebuild Britain and make every part of the country better off".
The lack of growth in July also means the Treasury has missed out on the boost to tax revenues that would have come with a stronger economic performance.Analysts had forecast growth of 0.2% for the month of July.
A summer of sport, including the Euros and the Olympics, helped boost the services sector, but production and construction output both fell.
Despite the lack of growth in July, Liz McKeown, director of economic statistics at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said "longer term strength in the services sector meant there was growth over the last three months as a whole"."The leading characteristic of Mr Atkins is that he does not like enforcement and wants to greatly restrict the range of cases the SEC will bring," he said.
In announcing his investment last month, Mr Sun did not mention the SEC complaint - which he has said lacks merit - but did cite Trump's views on crypto."The U.S. is becoming the blockchain hub, and Bitcoin owes it to @realDonaldTrump!" he wrote on X. "TRON is committed to making America great again and leading innovation. Let's go!"
There is little in US law that sets limits on conflict-of-interest - presidents are not bound by the same rules that regulate other government employees and cabinet officials.Though the US Constitution in theory bars presidents from taking presents from foreign governments while in office, the Supreme Court already has dismissed two previous lawsuits from Trump's first term involving potential conflicts of interests.