Commentary / Japan Dec 4, 2018
Managing the G20's relevance: Japan's presidential agenda
by Venkatachalam Anbumozhi
Japan must strive to establish a framework for strong, sustainable global growth when it holds the G20 presidency next year.
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Commentary / World Dec 4, 2018
For G20 leaders, greater problems yet to come
by Peter App
For all the efforts to keep it on track, the G20 meeting in Buenos Aires also served to showcase an alarming rise in the number of international differences.
Editorials Dec 3, 2018
Now it is up to Japan to take up the reins as chair and begin the process of reinvigorating the G20.
Commentary / World Dec 3, 2018
Trump deserves some credit for a truce with China
by Tyler Cowen
At least the two sides are talking instead of sweeping everything under the rug.
Business Dec 3, 2018
Trump and Xi seen buying time in trade war but NAFTA left in the lurch
The dinner-table diplomacy that Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping of China conducted over the weekend produced something as vague as it was valuable: an agreement to keep talking. Forged over grilled sirloin at the Group of 20 summit Saturday in Buenos Aires, the cease-fire ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Dec 3, 2018
Trump will grant Kim Jong Un's wishes after Pyongyang denuclearizes, Moon says
U.S. President Donald Trump will grant North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un his wishes if he delivers on denuclearization, the South Korean president said Sunday, following talks on the sidelines of the G20 summit. As officials work to arrange a second meeting between Trump and ...
World / Politics Dec 3, 2018
For once, Trump triggered little political drama at G20 as peers adjust to dealing with the Donald
by Catherine Lucey and Zeke Miller
If there has been a constant to President Donald Trump's tumultuous first two years in office, it has been that his foreign trips have tended to be drama-filled affairs — the president barreling through international gatherings like a norm-smashing bull, disrupting alliances and upending ...
Business Dec 2, 2018
The leaders of the world's largest economies on Saturday backed an overhaul of the global body that regulates international trade disputes, ahead of high-stakes talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping aimed at defusing a trade war. The Group of 20 ...
World Dec 2, 2018
Putin briefs Trump over Ukraine as EU leaders ramp up pressure
Russian leader Vladimir Putin said Saturday he briefed U.S. President Donald Trump on the Ukraine crisis as he came under pressure over Moscow's robust foreign policy at the Group of 20 summit in Argentina. Putin said he explained Moscow's position to Trump when the leaders ...
Business Dec 2, 2018
G20 cuts pledges to 'fight protectionism' amid U.S.-China trade war
Leaders from the Group of 20 major economies on Saturday warned that the ongoing U.S.-China trade tensions have been hurting the global trading system but shied away from incorporating the traditionally used phrase "fight protectionism" in their communique. As the U.S. administration of President Donald ...
World Dec 2, 2018
Strain over climate change marked the end of the Group of 20 summit in Argentina on Saturday as the United States celebrated what it called a victory for its holdout stance. A final communique adopted at the summit in Argentina said all other G20 members ...
World / Politics Dec 1, 2018
Russia is putting on a brave face after U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly junked a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It's all about internal U.S. politics and "anti-Russian hysteria," Russian officials shrug. But Trump's snub was a clear kick to Putin just as he ...