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China, US commit to refrain from competitive currency devaluations

Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, urged the leaders to deliver actions, saying that President Xi Jinping’s remarks that action matters more than declaration served as an inspiration at the summit.

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They will also enhance global tax cooperation, and join efforts of anti-corruption to deprive all corrupt persons of any safe haven in G20 countries and beyond, he said.

The talks faltered Sunday when Russian Federation pulled back from agreement on issues the U.S. negotiators believed had been settled, the State Department official said.

Juncker also rejected USA criticism of an European Union order for Ireland to collect $14.5 billion in back taxes from Apple.

“Before the Paris climate conference in December 2015, New Delhi submitted a long-term plan to reduce its emissions, pledging to cut fossil fuel emissions intensity by up to 35 per cent by 2030, compared with the 2005 level”, it said.

She warned against the temptation for countries to look inwards, with “protectionist measures that put the brakes on growth”, but added: “The fight against inequalities is an important theme to firmly connect growth and social justice”. -British relations, but Obama suggested that London might have to wait to make a post-EU trade deal.

Parshotam said the summit gave China an opportunity to explain and promote its model of economic development on a global platform.

Advocating free and open trade, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a gathering that he wants to reaffirm securing freedom of navigation, according to a Japanese official, apparently referring to the South China Sea where China’s increasing military activities have raised tensions with neighboring smaller Asian countries.

“Typically, the tone of our meetings are candid, blunt, businesslike – and this one was no different”, was how Obama described it to reporters.

The U.N. chief recommended that the leaders of the developed and emerging countries that are part of the Group of 20 to make use of the momentum from the ratification of the climate pact by the US and China.

Xi Jinping said that the leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies have agreed to continue to push forward quota and voting right reform of worldwide financial institutions.

But China is keen to keep the summit focused on economic issues and to prevent other disputes from overshadowing it.

While China and the United States cooperate closely on a range of global issues, including North Korea’s disputed nuclear program and climate change, the two countries have deep disagreements in other areas, like cyberhacking and human rights.

US President Barack Obama on September 5 called a planned meeting with Rodrigo Duterte into question after the Philippine leader launched a foul-mouthed tirade against him.

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His visit to Hangzhou got off to a chaotic start. Obama said on Sunday he “wouldn’t over-crank the significance” of the airport events.

US President Barack Obama arrives at the Hangzhou Exhibition Center to participate in G-20 Summit in Hangzhou China