Climate change gets first mention in G20 finance communique of Trump era
Finance officials from the world's 20 biggest economies (G20) on Sunday referenced climate change in their final communique for the first time in U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, but stopped short of calling it a major risk to the economy. The United States blocked including ...
At G20 meeting, globalization comes under fire amid coronavirus 'stress test'
Finance chiefs from the world's largest economies are realizing the coronavirus isn't just a short-term threat to global growth — it is exposing the vulnerabilities of globalization itself. As finance ministers and central bank governors kicked off their Group of 20 meeting in Riyadh, Saudi ...
Chinese coronavirus cases rise slightly ahead of G20 meeting
China reported an uptick in new cases of coronavirus on Friday, although the rise in infections remained at its slowest pace since January, a downward trend that the World Health Organization has called encouraging. The epidemic is set to be a major focus of discussion ...
Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 major economies gathered in Nagoya on Friday, where they were set to discuss free trade, sustainable development and how to best assist rapidly growing economies in Africa. The two-day event — the last of the eight ministerial G20 ...
U.S. to send Deputy Secretary of State Sullivan to G20 foreign ministers meeting in Nagoya
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan will travel to Nagoya to attend a two-day foreign ministerial meeting of the Group of 20 major economies starting Friday, the State Department said. Sullivan will engage in discussions on a broad range of issues, including trade and ...
G20 ministers vow to address issue of 'overtourism' at Hokkaido meeting
Tourism ministers from the Group of 20 leading industrialized nations and emerging economies agreed Saturday to step up efforts to address friction between visitors and local residents and the destruction of nature through what is called 'overtourism.' In a declaration issued after a two-day meeting ...
G20 urges global regulations to address 'serious' risks in cryptocurrencies
Concerns related to money laundering and illicit finance have cast a shadow on Facebook Inc.’s plan to launch its Libra currency next year.
Weak trade delaying global recovery, says Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda
The timing of a global economic recovery is being delayed as weaker global trade weighs on manufacturing, Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has said. Recent developments over the U.S.-China trade conflict together with Brexit "have reduced uncertainty somewhat," Kuroda said to reporters in Washington ...
Japan, U.S. and EU to jointly measure plastic waste inflows into the oceans
Japan plans to lead a new initiative to gauge the amount of marine plastic waste released from individual countries in cooperation with the United States and the European Union, according to informed sources. Talks on the matter will start at a four-day working-level meeting of ...
In Ehime, G20 labor ministers call for more elderly-friendly working environments
Labor ministers from the Group of 20 (G20) major economies on Monday adopted a joint statement calling for safe and healthy working environments for elderly people as the populations of their countries' continue to gray. At the end of the two-day gathering in Matsuyama, Ehime ...
Japan and G7 peers brace for fractious summit in France
Japanese media outlets had reported that this year’s G7 was unlikely to issue a joint statement for the first time in its history.
