G-20
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Trump Pushing America First Prompts G-20 Deadlock on Free Trade
EghtesadOnline: World leaders meeting in Hamburg ran into a major rift over global economic policy as President Donald Trump held firm to his America First doctrine at the expense of unity.
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Saudi King Skips G-20 and Sends Davos Regular to Meet Leaders
EghtesadOnline: The gathering of world leaders isn’t for everyone this year. Saudi King Salman is staying away from the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg and instead sent a cabinet minister who regularly…
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U.S. Joins 'Constructive' G-20 Climate Meeting, Germany Says
EghtesadOnline: Officials representing the world’s largest economies, including the U.S., put global climate talks back on track in Berlin Friday, after failing last week to agree on language…
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First Skirmish of G-20 Sets Scene for Battle of Trade Ideas
EghtesadOnline: As global finance chiefs return from their first collective engagement with the Trump administration, they’re bringing home a load of unfinished business.
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Trump's Not So Different on Trade, Canada Says on G-20 Bargain
EghtesadOnline: As Steven Mnuchin dug in, resisting the rest of the Group of 20, an ally emerged to help the U.S. Treasury Secretary dial back the bloc’s multilateral-trade pledges -- his biggest…
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G-20 Drops Anti-Protectionist Pledge as Price of U.S. Assent
EghtesadOnline: Finance chiefs of the world’s largest economies set aside a pledge to avoid protectionism and signed up to a fudged statement on trade instead, in response to the Trump administration’…
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Mnuchin at G-20 Plays Nice While Snubbing Rules of World Trade
EghtesadOnline: When U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin left the Group of 20 meetings in Germany this weekend, the worst that delegates had to say about him was that he’d been sent a little…
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Tillerson Forced to Stay at Sanitarium in German Village for G-20
EghtesadOnline: On his first trip abroad as U.S. secretary of state, Rex Tillerson was forced to stay at a sanitarium in a German village known for its hot springs, 30 minutes from where other…
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World Leaders Search for Hotline to Trump as G-20 Ministers Meet
EghtesadOnline: Who speaks for Donald Trump on foreign affairs? Is it Secretary of State Rex Tillerson? Vice President Mike Pence? Or the president’s Twitter account?
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Economic Czars Warn G-20 of Risk From Populist Backlash on Trade
EghtesadOnline: The heads of three world economic bodies warned of the risk to trade from the protectionist headwinds sweeping many developed nations as global leaders met in Hangzhou, China.
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Political Hotspots May Bubble Up on G-20 Sidelines in China
EghtesadOnline: This weekend the leaders of 20 of the world’s major economies gather in China to talk about issues ranging from the global economy to the threat of terrorism. As usual, it’s the…