Rich countries’ double standards on taxation
By refusing to pay their fair share of taxes, the world’s wealthiest actors rob poorer countries of the revenue they desperately need to confront the pandemic.
Xi hasn’t left China in 21 months. COVID-19 may be only part of the reason.
Xi Jinping’s lack of face time with world leaders signals a turn inward on domestic issues and a reluctance to compromise on the global stage.
G20 fails to deliver climate progress, leaving uphill battle for COP26
A shortfall in funding from rich nations, pledged in 2009, to help developing countries tackle climate change has generated mistrust and a reluctance to hasten emissions cuts.
After years of negotiations, G20 leaders on Saturday endorsed an historic deal aimed at ending tax havens, although some developing countries complain it still falls short.
Supply chain problems have emerged as the global economy has pulled out of a pandemic-induced recession and threaten to slow recovery.
G20 leaders approve global minimum tax but wrangle over climate
No consensus had yet emerged on a collective commitment on climate change, on the eve of the crucial COP26 conference starting in Glasgow on Sunday.
Macron gets Biden to apologize before real G20 work begins
On the eve of the Group of 20 summit meeting in Rome, the U.S. president admitted his administration had been "clumsy” in handling a new defense pact with Australia and the U.K.
A guide to G20 leaders and why a climate deal is so hard
Just days before the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, this year's Group of 20 begins with unresolved problems, and a few telling absences.
G20 leaders to commit to tackle 'existential' climate challenge: draft statement
Leaders, who will gather for talks on Saturday and Sunday in Rome, will pledge to take urgent steps to reach the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the draft shows.
G20 finance chiefs back landmark tax deal and vow to act over inflation
The plan for the once-in-a-century corporate tax reform crystallized through international negotiations at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
G20 leaders agree to work together on Afghan humanitarian effort
The European Union opened the talks by pledging €1 billion for urgent humanitarian needs and Afghanistan's neighbors who are taking in Afghans fleeing the Taliban.
