Sunday, 4 September 2016

G20 leaders told 'avoid empty talk' by China's Xi Jinping

The G20 summit, which meet the leaders to avoid empty talk
of the 20 richest countries in the world, starts on Sunday 4 September at Hanghzou in eastern China. Program topics include economic and diplomatic are many. Presentation of this summit.

For now, she holds. But the global economy is fragile and many threats could weaken, says our special correspondent in Hangzhou, Guillaume Naudin. Leaders of the G20 countries, which represent 85% of that global economy know it. The IMF lowered its growth forecasts for this year and next. The threats of Brexit, the slowdown in China and at very low interest rates around the world increase the risk and limit the room for maneuver.

The topics of discussion during this Chinese G20 will nonetheless numerous. In the city of commerce giant Alibaba online, it will include about innovation and revival of world trade. The climate with the implementation of the Paris agreement will also be on the menu, as well as fiscal transparency, after revelations of Panama Papers. This will also discuss the fight against terrorist financing. The G20 does not define rules, but the objectives, but also and perhaps especially in bilateral meetings that will be treated in many subjects.