G20

G20 finance chiefs back action against trade-distorting policies; China holds out

2026-09-02T01:03:42.000Z
US Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh told G20 finance leaders that the world is seeing a global investment surge that is helping to power growth.

Fed's Warsh tells G20 that past global savings glut is turning into investment surge

2026-08-31T15:24:45.000Z
US Treasury Secretary Bessent (left) and US Federal Reserve chair Warsh in Asheville, North Carolina, for the G20 finance leaders meeting on Aug 30.

G20 countries should consider more trade barriers with China to cut imbalances: Bessent

2026-08-31T03:50:30.000Z
Banks will be the initial focus of the sanctions, to signal to them that “‘it’s not okay to have Iranian money”, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Aug 30.

Bessent says Iranian money ‘not ok’, warns banks of weekly sanctions to pressure country

2026-08-31T00:48:23.000Z
A checkpoint at the Omni Grove Park Inn before finance ministers and central bank governors from G20 countries meet in Asheville, North Carolina, Aug 29, 2026.

US Treasury bars reporters from several outlets from G20 meeting

2026-08-30T22:31:28.000Z
US President Donald Trump rarely shows any interest in multilateralism and has quite often left key international summits early.

Can the G20 survive Trump and deepening global fractures?

2026-08-12T23:00:00.000Z
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last week launched a push for the G20, which includes Russia and China, to take coordinated action alongside the IMF and World Bank to ensure that countries had access to urgently needed fertiliser.

US to host further G20 talks on war's impact on food and fertiliser

2026-04-20T14:23:40.000Z
US bilateral tariff rates have declined following the US Supreme Court ruling against tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Iran war erases global growth upgrade, fans inflation: OECD

2026-03-26T10:31:22.000Z
During his Asia tour, Trump hogged the headlines from that first jig when he arrived at Kuala Lumpur airport. When Trump chooses to turn up, it is his agenda for America that is not only first but perhaps the only item on the agenda.
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