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Virus cuts G20 GDP by record 3.4% in 1st quarter – OECD
The steepest declines come in China, France, and Italy, which were among the first countries to impose drastic lockdowns against the coronavirus
G20 vows to avoid 'unnecessary' trade barriers
G20 trade and investment ministers say export restrictions on vital medical supplies and other essential goods, if necessary, must be 'proportionate, transparent, temporary'
G20 vows to spur recovery in virus-hit tourism sector
G20 tourism ministers pledge to help businesses, entrepreneurs, and workers 'to adapt and thrive in a new post-crisis era'
G20 agrees to debt relief for poorest countries amid pandemic
(UPDATED) 'Poor countries don't need to worry about repaying over the course of the next 12 months,' says Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan
Rich nations moving toward virus debt relief for poor countries
G7 countries favor a temporary halt to debt payments from the world's poorest countries, but only if G20 governments also agree
G20 vows to fight coronavirus impact on poor nations
A report says two-thirds of the global population based in developing countries – excluding China – face 'unprecedented economic damage' from the crisis
G20 leaders pledge $5 trillion, 'united' response to coronavirus crisis
G20 leaders also pledge to work with bodies such as the International Monetary Fund to deploy a 'robust' financial package to support developing nations
World leaders to hold crisis talks as virus toll tops 21,000
With the disease tearing around the globe at a terrifying pace, warnings are multiplying over its economic consequences, with experts saying it could cause more damage than the Great Depression
Novel coronavirus puts 'fragile' global recovery at risk – IMF to G20
(3rd UPDATE) 'Even in the case of rapid containment of the virus, growth in China and the rest of the world would be impacted,' warns International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva
Saudi G20 gathering weighs coronavirus threat to global economy
G20 finance ministers and central bank governors gather amid growing alarm over the novel coronavirus
G20 funds fossil fuels $30 billion a year under the radar – analysis
The export credit agencies of G20 countries currently provide more than 10 times more state-backed finance to oil, gas, and coal projects abroad than they do to renewable energy schemes
'Nobody reads the communique:' Top G20 moments
Here are some of the top moments and bon-mots from the 2 day meeting hosted by Japan in the city of Osaka
G20 summit shows growing division in climate change deal
'The US pushed some governments, including Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Turkey, to water down the text,' says Yuki Tanabe of the Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society
'Back on track': Trump, Xi agree to resume trade talks
(UPDATED) Economists say that a lengthy trade war could be crippling for the global economy at a time when headwinds including increased geopolitical tensions and Brexit are blowing hard
Uighur leader urges G20 pressure to end China 'genocide'
Rebiya Kadeer says strong world pressure is essential to free an estimated one million people, mostly ethnic Uighurs, held in internment camps in western China
May to Putin: Stop 'destabilizing' UK, allies
(UPDATED) The comments come as British Prime Minister Theresa May meets Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time since the row over the poisoning of a former Russian spy on British soil
With a smile, Trump tells Putin 'don't meddle in the election'
(UPDATED) Vladimir Putin says nothing, but grins in response to the US President's comment
'Beautiful harmony': Trump plays nice as divisive G20 opens
(3rd UPDATE) Host Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister, appeals for unity among bickering world leaders, with the long-running trade row between China and the United States threatening to overshadow the event
Concerns as Merkel suffers new trembling spell on eve of G20
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's latest health scare comes just hours before she is due to board the plane for Japan, sparking new questions about her health
Hong Kong protesters urge G20 to raise plight with China
But China has said it will not allow discussion of the protests in Hong Kong at the G20 summit
Trump: China needs trade deal as economy 'going down the tubes'
'You have another $325 billion that I haven't taxed yet – it's ripe for taxing, for putting tariffs on,' says US President Donald Trump
France's Macron says climate 'red line' at G20
Emmanuel Macron is speaking in Tokyo on a visit ahead of this week's Group of 20 meeting, where climate change will be among several contentious issues on the table, along with trade and tensions with Iran
Trade negotiators hold talks ahead of Xi-Trump meeting
Trump's highly anticipated meeting with Xi is scheduled on the second day of the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan
China 'won't allow' G20 discussion on Hong Kong
'Hong Kong affairs are purely China's internal affairs and no foreign country has the right to intervene,' says Chinese assistant foreign minister Zhang Jun
Trump-Xi meeting at G20 raises hope for trade truce
Donald Trump says the leaders had a 'good' conversation, while Xi Jinping says the countries have more to gain by cooperating than by engaging in a protracted battle
Police officer stabbed ahead of G20 summit in Japan
The 33-year-old suspect, who denies the charges, possesses an ID document showing he was mentally disabled, an Osaka regional police detective says
G20 agrees marine plastic pollution deal
G20 member countries commit to reduce plastic waste but gave little detail on how that would be done
G20 says worsening trade wars pose risk to world economy
IMF chief Christine Lagarde says trade conflicts pose the 'principal threat' to the global economic outlook
IMF's Lagarde: Resolving trade tensions 'immediate priority' for G20
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde describes the United States and China's tit-for-tat tariffs as 'self-inflicted wounds that must be avoided'
Japan unveils policy to curb plastic waste before G20
Japan hopes to cast itself as a leader on curbing marine plastic waste, and will reportedly press for an international agreement to reduce the amount of plastic going into the ocean during the Osaka summit from June 28 to 30
Japan's Abe to visit U.S., France on pre-G20 tour
The tour from April 22 to 29 will also include stops in Italy, Belgium and Slovakia, a foreign ministry official says
Nations still worlds apart at crunch U.N. climate summit
Far from the goal of reducing global temperature to 'well below' two degrees Celsius, experts urge delegates to act immediately or condemn at-risk nations to prevent worse effects
Trump says China trade talks to end March 1 'unless extended'
The US president tweets: 'The negotiations with China have already started. Unless extended, they will end 90 days from the date of our wonderful and very warm dinner with President Xi in Argentina.'
China media lauds 'momentous' trade truce but questions linger
Asian stock markets open higher after US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Argentina at the weekend to hold off on imposing new tariffs while negotiators seek a deal
U.S. and China in trade tariffs truce after tense G20 summit
(3rd UPDATE) Trump withdraws his threat to raise the US tariffs even more on January 1, in return for a promise from China to buy more US goods and enter into a 90-day period of talks to resolve their differences
G20 summit shows strains over climate change
A final communique adopted at the summit says all G20 members, except the United States, agreed to implement the 'irreversible' Paris Agreement on climate change
Erdogan takes Saudi prince to task, demands extraditions
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan directly criticizes Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Trump, Xi trade war dinner went 'very well' – White House advisor
Both US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping express optimism over finding a solution to their ongoing trade war
China, U.S. showdown looms on trade at fractious G20
US President Donald Trump sounds upbeat about making progress with Chinese President Xi Jinping after weeks of dire warnings
Modi pursues yoga diplomacy at Argentina G20 summit
Stepping away from the sealed security zone and ceremonial pomp of the Group of 20 summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks about the value of yoga
Legal problems back home dog Trump at G20 summit
US President Donald Trump's G20 summit gets off to a rocky start with new allegations of hidden links to Russia overshadowing what he had hoped would be a triumphant burst of trade diplomacy
[ANALYSIS] G20 showdown? U.S. calls out China
The Philippines could also benefit from a trade reset
G20 opens under assault from Trump on collective action
Shortly before the summit kicks off, Donald Trump's 'America First' charge will bear fruit with the signing in Buenos Aires of a successor to the North American free trade pact NAFTA
Trump heads to G20 summit primed for new conflicts
The weekend summit is confronted with increasingly dire warnings of the potential harm faced by the world economy from Trump's trade wars
U.S. slams harmful China trade policies, threatens auto tariffs
'China's aggressive, state-directed industrial policies are causing severe harm to US workers and manufacturers,' says US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer
Saudi prince in Argentina as G20 summit tensions brew
US President Donald Trump's trade war with China is a dominant theme at the weekend summit but one sideshow is how leaders deal with the presence of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Trump says may cancel Putin meet after Ukraine-Russia sea clash
Trump is scheduled to meet Putin at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires at the end of this week, but that may not happen because of a confrontation at sea between Russia and Ukraine
Trump faces China trade showdown, Russia, Saudi tensions at G20
Trump is due to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Buenos Aires for a working dinner at the Group of 20 summit
U.S. calls on China, EU to make tariff concessions
'We share a desire to have a more balanced relationship and the balanced relationship is by us selling more goods (to China),' says US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
Russia brushes off possibility of G8 return
Russia is 'working fine in other formats' such as the Group of 20, says Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
