Trade tensions are questionable in the G-20 statement – Economy

G20 Heads of State meet in Buenos Aires for the second day of the group's summit meeting. The final communiqué of the meeting will be issued at 15:00 and, among the topics discussed, it should address the growing tension of the global economy, but until last night, no consensus was reached. how the issue would be handled, according to a senior Brazilian government official. Another unresolved issue is how to deal with the Paris climate agreement.

The text should also mention that the growth of the world economy is expected to remain strong in 2019, but that there is a risk of slowing activity, influenced in particular by the effects of the tension trade and the process of normalizing the monetary policy of developed countries.

At the end of the meeting, the President of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, will make a statement to the press on the outcome of the meeting, which stopped the city of Buenos Aires. Twenty-two thousand police officers have been summoned to secure the capital, as several streets and avenues are closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The subway, trains and airports have been closed.

President Michel Temer participates in the plenary sessions and is expected to return to Brasilia at 16:10. Press center displays indicated the arrival of the heads of state, among which the President of the United States, Donald Trump, and the Japanese, Shinzo Abe. The official opening of the meeting began at 11am.

The official photo of the second plenary session of the G20 leaders' summit shows President Michel Temer in front of Saudi Prince Mohamed bin Salman, in the spotlight after the badbadination of an Arab journalist at the Saudi Embbady. in Turkey.

Official photo of the second plenary session of the G20 leaders' summit showing President Michel Temer in front of Saudi Prince Mohamed bin Salman, in the spotlight after the badbadination of an Arab journalist at the Embbady of Saudi Arabia in Turkey

In the official photo, Temer is in the front row, in the right corner, between Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the President of the Council Italian ministers, Giuseppe Conte. Conté is on the side of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has even sparked controversy in the international press for the way he hailed the Saudi leader.

In the center of the photo is the host and president of Argentina, Mauricio Macri. To Macri's left are Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump. China's president, Xi Jingping, is on the right of the Argentine president.

Fear must speak early this afternoon at the opening of the third plenary session at 1:15 pm The statement of the leaders should be made public at 14:45. Macri will close the G-20 at 15:00. Temer and the presidential delegation are returning to Brazil today.