Barack Obama listens to a question from a reporter during a news conference at the conclusion of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China September 5, 2016.
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The EU decision against Apple comes amidst a coordinated global initiative to crack down on tax evasion by multinational companies, spearheaded by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Obama said that where the USA has seen China “violating worldwide rules and norms, as we have seen in some cases in the South China Sea or in some of their behavior when it comes to economic policy, we’ve been very firm”.
Obama’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping also veered into delicate territory, with a lengthy White House description detailing how Obama had pressed Xi to abide by an global tribunal’s ruling against China over the South China Sea.
North Korea reportedly fired three ballistic missiles off its east coast Monday in its latest show of force, some two weeks after it test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile.
“We could at least for a period of time agree on mutual and active efforts to recover the situation in Syria”, said Putin as he addressed the global summit in China.
The hostilities reached a flashpoint when Obama almost launched air strikes against the Syrian government in 2013 after evidence emerged of sarin gas being used against civilians living in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta.
The visit opened on a high note, with the U.S and China consummating their unlikely partnership on climate change by announcing they were both entering the global emissions-cutting deal reached previous year in Paris.
The Chinese insisted on limits that left two U.S. reporters unable to enter the room, despite one White House press officer pleading: “There’s space”.
“We need increased growth, but it must be better balanced, more sustainable, and inclusive so as to benefit all people”, she said. The two nations have previously had disagreements, but there have also been historical events that unite the countries and shall not be forgotten, the president added.
United States President Barack Obama Sunday chalked up diplomatic gaffes on the tarmac of a Chinese airport Saturday to a clash of civilizations while Chinese officials had a far less existential explanaton: their offers to provide assistance to Air Force One were rebuked.
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India was perceived to have come under increasing global pressure on climate change after China ratified the Paris Agreement on the eve of the summit.
