Tag Archives: G20

  1. French president Nicolas Sarkozy addresses a press conference after the G20 summit in Cannes, November 3, 2011

    Sarkozy Claims “Progress” After Summit Disappoints

    Posted on by

    Although G20 nations agreed on nothing substantial in Cannes, the French president praised their “spectacular progress.”

  1. French finance minister Christine Lagarde in Washington DC, April 15, 2011 (IMF)

    Policy Divide Persists Among G7 Nations

    Posted on by

    The United States urge “unequivocal” support for troubled eurozone nations but Germany insists that the priority is austerity.

  1. Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, talks with Wolfgang Schäuble, the German finance minister, in Washington DC, April 15, 2011

    G20 Designs Mechanism to Balance Global Trade

    Posted on by

    The world’s major economies pushed ahead with a plan aimed to curb global trade imbalances but discord remained.

  1. French President Nicolas Sarkozy addresses the finance ministers of the G20 in Paris, February 18, 2011

    G20 Reaches Accord on Economic Indicators

    Posted on by

    The finance ministers of the world’s twenty largest economies managed to reach agreement toward reducing global trade and currency imbalances.

  1. President Barack Obama talks with Brazilian President Lula da Silva before the start of the first morning plenary session during the G20 summit in Seoul, South Korea, November 12, 2010

    G20 Divided on Monetary, Trade Policy

    Posted on by

    As the finance ministers of the G20 meet in Paris this weekend, discord remains among the world’s largest economies.