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G20 to extend debt relief for poor countries by six months
The initiative will now be extended until the end of June next year, G20 finance ministers and central bankers said after a virtual meeting hosted by the...
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IMF chief warns global economy 'not out of the woods yet'
The Washington-based crisis lender late last month downgraded its growth forecasts, and now expects global GDP to fall by 4.9% this year due to the deeper contraction during lockdowns.
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COVID-19, the knockout punch for multilateralism?
Regional and international organisations from the European Union to the United Nations have not managed to muster a coordinated response to the pandemic, while even economic organisations like OPEC have failed to halt the slide on markets.
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G20 says COVID-19 exposed healthcare's weaknesses, but stays mum on Trump
The G20 statement was silent on US President Donald Trump's decision last week to cut off Washington's bilateral funding to the World Health Organisation.
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World powers vow united front on virus as death toll mounts
Leaders from the G20 most industrialised nations held crisis talks by video link Thursday, pledging a 'united front' to fight the outbreak - along with an enormous financial injection to prop up the economy.
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Putin hits back as Trump fuels G20 tensions
Vladimir Putin, under pressure himself after his security forces seized three Ukrainian ships, set the tone by condemning the 'vicious' use of sanctions and trade protectionism.
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Macron vows 'no retreat' on reform
Macron made no direct mention of the "yellow vests," the growing movement in France of protesters who have dressed in the quickly recognisable jackets of emergency workers.
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Trump-Putin: A rapprochement unrealised
After having promised during his 2016 electoral campaign to mend ties with Russia, the US president faced several global disputes that made a thaw difficult.
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Trump heads to G20 primed for new conflicts
The weekend summit is confronted with increasingly dire warnings, by the International Monetary Fund among others, of the potential harm faced by the world economy from Trump's trade wars.
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G20 pushes for free trade as US vows to defend national interest
The Buenos Aires meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors of the world’s 20 biggest economies was meant to discuss a brightening economic outlook, among other things.
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After handshakes and concert, G20 seeks 'difficult' consensus
Germany's Angela Merkel treated the leaders to a concert at Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie on Friday night, where they listened to Beethoven.
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G20 summit likely to grapple with migrant crisis
By 2020, it will cost Germany $107 million a year to look after the migrants it’s taken in.
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Trump, risking isolation over climate, arrives for G20
Donald Trump faces a testy confrontation with leaders of the other big G20 economies for pulling the US out of Paris climate deal.
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Ahead of fractious G20, Germany and China pledge new cooperation
Donald Trump's relationship with both China & Germany is pushing the 2 countries closer together, despite Berlin's concerns about human rights in China.
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Tough questions still to tackle before G20 summit, Germany says
The Group of 20 leading economies are meeting in Hamburg later this week.
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What President Trump's climate policies mean for the G20
Trump’s climate-change policy does not bode well for US citizens – many of whom are now mobilising resistance to his administration.
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What President Trump's climate policies mean for the G20
Donald Trump’s climate-change policy does not bode well for US citizens – many of whom are now mobilizing resistance to his administration – or the world.
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Germany pushes plan to boost private investment in Africa
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble says they're pushing a plan to have African nations partner with certain G20 countries.
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G20 financial leaders row back on free trade pledge
Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the world's top 20 economies broke with a decade-long tradition of endorsing open trade.
