Tag: G20 meeting in Buenos Aires

• Saturday, December 1st 2018 - 08:56 UTC

  Russia and Argentina sign fisheries conservation cooperation accord

  

  Argentina and Russia signed on Friday a fisheries and aquaculture cooperation agreement including elaboration of projects for the conservation and sustainable management of resources, as well certifying export fishing plants.

• Saturday, December 1st 2018 - 08:47 UTC

  Bolsonaro recommends “prudence” before signing any Mercosur/EU agreement

  

  Brazil's president-elect Jair Bolsonaro said “prudence” was necessary before signing any trade agreement with other nations, in reference to the ongoing negotiations between Mercosur and the European Union.

• Friday, November 30th 2018 - 06:19 UTC

  Theresa May in Buenos Aires: good and bad news, Falklands and the Brexit deal

  

  A few minutes before midnight Friday, Buenos Aires time, a Royal Air Force transport with Prime Minister Theresa May landed at Ezeiza airport. Mrs May is the first serving UK prime minister to visit the capital Buenos Aires, and the second to travel to Argentina, after Tony Blair in 2001.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 22:08 UTC

  British PM expected in BA Thursday evening

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May is arriving Thursday evening at the Ezeiza Airport to participate in the G20 Leaders Summit hosted by Argentina, during which she will hold a series of bilateral meetings with some of her peers, including President Mauricio Macri.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 19:22 UTC

  Consensus or Chaos in the G20 Communiqué?

  

  By Scott Squires (*)“This article was originally published on the Argentina newsletter The Essential, by The Bubble News Inc. on November 29, 2018”. Ahead of any diplomatic summit, staffers, organizers and aides put in the countless hours of thankless grunt work necessary to make international diplomacy happen.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 17:53 UTC

  No talks with Putin at G-20 over Crimea tensions, says Trump enroute to Argentina

  

  US President Donald Trump Thursday shocked the world as he announced he would not be meeting one-on-one with his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin during the G-20 Summit in Buenos Aires due to the escalating military crisis in Crimea.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 09:27 UTC

  G 20 summit: Buenos Aires residents invited to leave the city Thursday afternoon for a long weekend

  

  Argentina has launched a massive security operation to try to ensure a calm meeting of the leaders of the G20 bloc of nations in Buenos Aires, calling a national bank holiday on Friday and shutting down the city’s main business district.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 06:56 UTC

  G20: Step Up to Boost Inclusive Growth

  

  By Christine Lagarde - As G20 leaders gather in Argentina, the global economy faces a critical juncture. We have had a good stretch of solid growth by historical standards, but now we are facing a period where significant risks are materializing and darker clouds are looming.

• Wednesday, November 28th 2018 - 18:32 UTC

  Putin to hold bilateral meetings with Macron, Merkel and Xi Jinping in Buenos Aires

  

  While in Argentina for the upcoming G-20 Summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to hold bilateral talks with France's Emmanuel Macron, China's Xi Xinpung and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Kremlin sources announced Wednesday.

• Monday, November 26th 2018 - 10:39 UTC

  Argentina targets a strong global stability message at the G20 leaders' summit

  

  With international tensions on trade set to come to a head at the Group of 20 Leaders Summit next weekend, Argentina is hoping to find agreement on improving global stability, even if deep disagreements remain. Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie said the November 30-December 1 meeting in Buenos Aires should stress the importance of trade itself, at a time that the former consensus against protectionism breaks down.