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DURBAN (Reuters) -G20 finance chiefs agreed a communique on Friday that underscored the importance of central bank independence and the role of the World Trade Organisation in advancing trade issues.
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Al Jazeera on MSNG20 finance ministers reach consensus on key economic issuesUS set to shift its approach towards G20 when it takes over group’s rotating presidency from South Africa in December.
U.S. tariffs have strained the G20’s multilateral foundations and complicated South Africa’s efforts — as this year’s rotating president — to keep the group’s agenda on course.
South Africa has downplayed the absence of US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent at a meeting of G20 finance chiefs, saying it believed the world’s biggest economy is still “committed” to the grouping as the gathering starts in Durban.
DURBAN (Reuters) -Major economies cannot allow uncertainty to become the new norm even though they face a novel world of growing trade restrictions and tariffs, Canada's finance minister said on Thursday.
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Chinese vice minister of finance Liao Min called on all parties to uphold multilateralism and free trade at the Group of Twenty (G20) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Durban, South Africa,
This week’s deliberations in KwaZulu-Natal saw member states stuck on sustainable financing before finding consensus with each other on a range of common global challenges.
Addressing leaders at the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meetings, the SARB Governor highlighted the systemic risks posed by the insurance gap.
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allAfrica.com on MSNG20 finance leaders near common position on trade despite U.S. tariff tensionsFinance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says he’s cautiously optimistic the meeting will result in a final communique