Economics
G-20 Finance Chiefs Confront Growth Hit From Trump’s Tariffs
This is the third G-20 finance meeting this year. The previous two failed to produce a communique, with a chairman’s summary indicating the group could not reach a consensus.
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South Africa called for greater cooperation among the Group of 20 advanced economies, as finance ministers and central bank governors gathered under the cloud of US President Donald Trump’s trade war.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, co-host of the two-day gathering at a luxury Indian Ocean resort near the east-coast city of Durban, warned that headwinds were threatening the global economy.