Tag: G20

Tuesday, October 29th 2024 - 21:46 UTC
G20 Summit to push for regional vaccine producing coalition

Brazil's Health Minister Nísia Trinidade Tuesday spoke in favor of creating a regional vaccine production coalition to avoid an encore of the setbacks experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic. She made those remarks during a press conference after a G20 Health Ministers' meeting in Rio de Janeiro ahead of next month's Summit, Agencia Brasil reported.
Tuesday, October 29th 2024 - 10:00 UTC
Brazilian gov't and business agree on WTO reform ahead of G20 Summit

Brazil's government and businessmen gathered last week in São Paulo for the B20 summit, and they concurred on the need to push for world trade reforms ahead of the G20 summit, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro next month.
Saturday, July 27th 2024 - 08:28 UTC
Chancellor Reeves at G20 ministers' summit: “Britain is open for business”

United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves is expected in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting on her first international visit since taking office.
Wednesday, May 22nd 2024 - 09:52 UTC
World hunger discussed in Brazil ahead of G20 Summit in Rio

Specialists from the entire planet are discussing this week in the Brazilian city of Teresina a series of suggestions to tackle world hunger to be put forward during the Group's Summit later this year in Rio de Janeiro, Agencia Brasil reported.
Friday, April 19th 2024 - 21:14 UTC
Brazil's Finance Minister hopes G20 will tax the super‑rich to tackle world's debt crisis

During his trip to Washington DC to attend International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) engagements, Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said he hoped the G-20 would approve later this year a new taxation for the planet's super-rich so that the global economy could adjust amid an unprecedented debt crisis, Agencia Brasil reported.
Friday, March 1st 2024 - 10:49 UTC
G-20 economy ministers fail to reach consensus due to ongoing wars

The summit of Economy Ministers of the G-20 in São Paulo failed Thursday to reach a unanimous declaration due to discrepancies over the ongoing armed conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, it was reported. ”We came very close (...) it was almost by a word,“ Brazil's Fernando Haddad said during a press conference. Brazil, which this year holds the rotating presidency of G-20 wanted to ”leave aside” all geopolitical tensions but to no avail.
Friday, February 23rd 2024 - 10:50 UTC
Most G-20 FMs agree on two-state solution to Israeli-Palestine conflict

Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira G20 insisted Thursday in Rio de Janeiro during a summit of G-20 top diplomats that there seemed to be unanimous consensus as to what solution to the Israeli-Palestine conflict should be: Two states. “There was virtual unanimity in support of the two-state solution as the only possible solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” Vieira said.
Friday, February 23rd 2024 - 10:04 UTC
Blinken says other issues need to be solved before tackling climate change

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted Thursday in Rio de Janeiro during a press conference at the G-20 convention of Foreign Ministers that multilateral organizations need to solve armed conflicts worldwide before moving on to other agendas such as climate change and social development.
Friday, November 24th 2023 - 09:28 UTC
G20: Leading it is Brazil’s top global responsibility, says Lula

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday launched a commission to handle the matters stemming from Brazil's pro-tempore presidency of the G20 between Dec. 1 and Nov. 30, next year, Agencia Brasil reported.
Monday, September 11th 2023 - 10:46 UTC
Argentine president suggests Celac joins G20

Argentine President Alberto Fernández suggested before the G20 Summit in New Delhi that the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) should join the forum of the world's leading economies, just as the African Union was accepted into the group this year.