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Buenos Aires (dpa) – In the middle of the continuing trade dispute between the United States, China and the EU, the finance ministers and central bankers of the main industrialized and emerging countries are meeting in Buenos Aires.
In addition to official issues such as the future of work and infrastructure improvements, the G20 meeting on Saturday and Sunday in the Argentine capital should also look at global trade and regulation of cryptocurrencies .
Finance Minister Steven Mnuchin, Chinese Finance Minister Liu Kun, Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, and Secretary General of the World Bank OECD José Ángel Gurría to attend the conference.
Lagarde will meet on the sidelines of the meeting with Argentine President Mauricio Macri. The IMF has recently pledged $ 30 billion in aid to the South American country. In return, the government is committed to reducing the budget deficit and slowing down inflation.
The G20 generates 85% of the world's economic output, accounts for two-thirds of the world's population and manages 75% of world trade.
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