Tag: G-20

• Friday, September 23rd 2011 - 07:27 UTC

  US and EU markets negative sentiment extends to Asian stocks with record losses

  

  Asian stocks have fallen on Friday, with some indexes driving towards their worst weekly losses since 2008. The Group of 20 nations said they were ready to preserve stability in the financial markets.

• Friday, September 9th 2011 - 02:53 UTC

  OECD urges from G7 and G20 strong signals of leadership and confidence

  

  The outlook for economic growth in developed countries has got much worse in the last three months, the OECD said Thursday, urging leaders of G7 and G20 countries to send strong signals to restore flagging confidence.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2011 - 01:08 UTC

  Rousseff congratulates CFK; the two leaders plan meeting before G-20 in Cannes

  

  President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, congratulated President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, CFK, on Tuesday, following the results of the primary elections on Sunday in which she led by over 50 points.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2011 - 18:04 UTC

  G20 farm ministers agree to boost output and food market transparency

  

  The G20 farm ministers’ summit in Paris agreed on Thursday measures to tackle high food prices in a deal that steered clear of divisive details and paved the way to greater international cooperation on sensitive agricultural issues.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2011 - 23:33 UTC

  G20 agriculture summit to discuss food security and regulating global markets

  

  World food prices that rose 37% in a year, driving 44 million more people into poverty, are a “plague” that needs action from world leaders now, said French President Nicolas Sarkozy during the two-day Group of 20 agriculture ministers in Paris.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2011 - 00:29 UTC

  G20 largest economies are avoiding protectionism says UNCTAS-OECD-WTO

  

  The Group of 20 (G20) largest economies are largely keeping their pledges to avoid protectionism as a reaction to the recent global recession, but the rest of the world is increasing trade barriers, a new report co-authored by the UN said Tuesday.

• Monday, April 25th 2011 - 07:51 UTC

  G20 to address commodity prices “volatility” in special meeting in Argentina

  

  G-20 Economy ministers will be meeting May 18/19 in Argentina to address commodity prices’ variations, according to Argentine sources. The meeting was agreed during the recent IMF/World Bank spring assemblies in Washington, following on Argentina’s deep concern about the “volatility” of commodity prices.

• Friday, April 1st 2011 - 00:03 UTC

  G20 leaders closer on agreeing greater global role for Chinese currency

  

  G20 leaders have moved towards agreeing that China's currency should have a wider role in global finance. The G20 is to study whether to include the Chinese Yuan within the basket of currencies that make up the IMF Special Drawing Right.

• Wednesday, March 30th 2011 - 05:03 UTC

  G20 meeting in China expected to address Japan, Libya and European debt crisis

  

  China hosts Wednesday a Group 20 leaders meeting, originally scheduled to address the international monetary system, most probably criticism of the US Federal Reserve for flooding the world with money, but the latest world events, Japan, Libya and Europe’s debt crisis are bound to change the emphasis of the agenda.

• Friday, March 18th 2011 - 03:45 UTC

  Wikileaks: Argentina’s self centred attitude almost had her thrown out of G20

  

  Disappointed and shocked with the self-centred performance of President Cristina Kirchner at the G-20 summit in Washington in 2008, a group of powerful countries seriously considered kicking Argentina out of the industrialized and emerging countries’ Group of Twenty.