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It will begin this Friday (30) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and will end on Saturday (1) with the meeting of the 20 largest economies in the world, the G20 summit. The "trade war" and the concern about the growth of the world economy should be among the main discussions.
Some of the world's leading leaders have already landed in Buenos Aires. The Argentinean capital, which has deployed 24,000 security guards to participate in the event, welcomes US Presidents Donald Trump; from Russia, Vladimir Putin; Chinese Xi Jinping; the Saudi prince Mohammad bin Salman, among others. The authorities estimate the participation of some 15,000 people, including 3,000 journalists, at the summit.
The G20 leaders' meeting is 10 years old. The first took place in 2008 amid concerns over the financial crisis in the US real estate market.
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President Michel Temer disembarks in Buenos Aires (Brazil) for the G20 meeting – Photo: ALEJANDRO PAGNI / AFP
Brazilian President Michel Temer landed early Thursday night in Buenos Aires to attend the meeting at the G20 summit.
Temer's agenda provides for an informal meeting with leaders from Brazil, China, South Africa, India and Russia on Friday. In the afternoon, he is scheduled to meet with Singapore Prime Ministers Lee Hsien Loong and Australian Scott Morrison. Later, Temer is to participate in a dinner in the honor of the G20 leaders organized by the President of Argentina, Maurício Macri.
According to Itamaraty, at this year's summit, Brazil will "reiterate its commitment to democracy and economic reforms, at the domestic level, as well as to the defense of dialogue and multilateralism, external".
In early November, Temer said that he had invited President-elect Jair Bolsonaro to accompany him. "I told him that when he wanted, we could go abroad together," Temer said after meeting Bolsonaro.
A few days later, Bolsonaro, who is carrying a colostomy bag after being stabbed during the campaign, said he should avoid long trips for health reasons and that he should not follow Temer at the G20 meeting.
The meeting between Trump and Xi The United States imposes tariffs on products imported from other countries, including China , which has announced additional taxes on its products "in retaliation" (19659023) The leaders of the European Union (EU) issued a joint letter in which they declared that they should lobby for a reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO). WTO) at the G20 Summit
And, like Canada and Japan, they were hit by US tariffs on steel and aluminum products in early 2018.
In their letter, they also argued that the WTO rules had to be adapted to new global challenges, such as industry subsidies, forced technology transfers, and forced labor transfers. other policies distorting the market.
A report by the G20 Trade Restraint Monitoring Group already indicates that US trade restrictions reached $ 369 billion in Chinese exports this year, well above the $ 278 billion earmarked solely for trade. the rights of customs. At the same time, Chinese retaliatory tariffs have affected US exports $ 87.5 billion this year. The data comes from the Global Commercial Alert report produced by Simon Evenett and Johannes Fritz from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
The G20 summit should also be marked by discussions about the need for a new WTO publication, particularly after the US imposed blockade on the appointment of new judges to the WTO. Organ call of the organization. The fear is that the trial of trade disputes will be jeopardized.
] Clashes between Ukraine and Russia in the Azov Sea are also expected to have repercussions at the G20 summit. Trump has a meeting with Putin, but it is not clear if the meeting will take place. On Thursday (29), the Kremlin announced that the meeting had proceeded as planned, but a few hours later, Trump had canceled it by Twitte
Tuesday (27), Trump had already declared in a interview to the newspaper "Washington Post", which might not be the meeting, because of the new conflict between Russia and Ukraine began this weekend. He also said he expects a "full report" from the national security team on the crisis in Eastern Europe.
- Putin said he planned to meet the American in Argentina on Wednesday (28), following Trump's statements. "I hope we can discuss trade barriers, and Trump has a generally positive attitude," he told a financial forum in Moscow, according to Reuters.
Presence of the Saudi Prince
Saudi Prince Mohammad bin Salman arrived this morning in Buenos Aires for the G20 meeting. His arrival comes amidst the international anger sparked by the badbadination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and at the request of Human Rights Watch (HRW) that Argentina is investigating him for war crimes in Yemen. According to Argentine media, the country's court must decide Wednesday when it wants to investigate.
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