Global finance ministers aren't too happy with the US.
It's World Business Express from the BBC World Service.
I'm Liana Byrne.
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Around the world are voicing their frustration with the United States over its actions in the Middle East.
The leaders are gathering for the International Monetary Fund Spring Meeting,
where it 's warned that the global economy is at risk of slipping into recession.
Rachel Reeves from the UK described the US's actions as folly,
while France's Finance Minister Roland Lascure called for renewed efforts to unblock the Strait of Hormuz.
The Strait of Hormuz is the economic knot of this crisis.
And if we do n't open it peacefully and lastly,
then we 're going to keep on missing 12 million barrels a day for a long time.
And those 12 million barrels a day were used,
mostly in Asia, to grow so that less growth and probably more inflation for everyone else.
Michelle Fleury is the BBC's North America business correspondent.
She's in Washington at the conference.
There is obviously a desire from the US side for some kind of ceasefire, some kind of de-escalation or off-ramp.
But at the moment, the problem with the situation is there are other parties involved.
Where that leaves the world's finance leaders as they gather they're here, it's sort of in some state of concern.
The mood inside the halls here is pretty depressed, pretty low-key.