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Protectionism worry drags on stocks, dollar hits six-week low

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. dollar slumped to a six-week low on Monday on worries over a dovish Federal Reserve, while U.S. and European stock markets dipped amid concerns about G20 financial leaders' decision to drop a pledge to keep global trade free and open.
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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 22:59

G20 financial leaders row back on free trade pledge

EghtesadOnline: The world's financial leaders rowed back on a pledge to keep an open and inclusive global trade system after being unable to find a suitable compromise with an increasingly protectionist United States.
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Publish Date:18/March/2017 | 16:08

Trump, Putin had previously undisclosed visit at G20 dinner

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a previously undisclosed conversation during a dinner for G20 leaders at a summit earlier this month in Germany, a White House official said on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:19/July/2017 | 05:28

Merkel Defends Decision to Host G-20 in Hamburg After Rioting

EghtesadOnline: Chancellor Angela Merkel defended the decision to host the Group of 20 summit in Germany’s second-biggest city, promising government compensation for property damage in the wake of looting and rioting by anti-capitalist activists in Hamburg.
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Publish Date:09/July/2017 | 04:21

Jobs, Climate and Steel Highlight Trump’s Effect on the G-20

EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump’s debut Group of 20 summit yielded a concluding statement covered with the U.S. president’s fingerprints. While the meeting was marred by clashes and vandalism in protests throughout Hamburg, inside the summit venue leaders largely avoided the incendiary – striking a deal on trade while agreeing to disagree on climate.
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Publish Date:09/July/2017 | 04:16

Merkel calls for G20 compromise as crunch climate talks start

EghtesadOnline: German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed fellow Group of 20 leaders to compromise at the start of talks on climate and trade that have pitted U.S. President Donald Trump against virtually every other country in the club of leading economies.
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Publish Date:08/July/2017 | 05:06

North Korea test-fires ballistic missile ahead of G20 summit

EghtesadOnline: North Korea test-launched a ballistic missile from its western region into the sea off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, ahead of a summit of leaders from the Group of 20 nations in Germany later this week.
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Publish Date:04/July/2017 | 04:15

G20 to jointly fight bank sector hacking

EghtesadOnline: The world's biggest economies will pledge to jointly fight cyber attacks on the global banking system, one of the biggest coordinated efforts yet to protect lenders since an $81 million heist of the Bangladesh central bank's account last year.
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Publish Date:18/March/2017 | 16:28

G20 Faces Challenge of Global Inequality

EghtesadOnline: Even before the final communique is drafted for the annual G20 summit the leaders of the world’s largest economies already seemed to agree on their most pressing priority: to find a way to sell the benefits of globalization to an increasingly skeptical public.
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Publish Date:06/September/2016 | 24:22

China signals growth, not political disputes, should dominate G20

EghtesadOnline: China expects next month's summit of the G20 which it is hosting will focus on boosting economic growth and other financial issues rather than disputes like the South China Sea, senior officials said on Monday.
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Publish Date:15/August/2016 | 07:55

G20 will use 'all policy tools' to protect growth as Brexit looms

EghtesadOnline: Leaders from the world's biggest economies are poised on Sunday to renew their commitments to support global growth and better coordinate actions in the face of uncertainty over Britain's decision to leave the European Union and growing protectionism.
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Publish Date:24/July/2016 | 08:33