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Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi addresses a press conference at the end of the G20 summit

What was agreed at the G20 summit?

Meeting in person for the first time in two years, G20 leaders had a full agenda including climate change, the Covid pandemic, a landmark tax deal and global economy worries.

World • 31 Oct 21

G20 leaders will gather in Rome over the weekend

Climate, Covid recovery on agenda for G20 summit

The leaders of the world's major economies gather in Rome this weekend for the first in-person G20 summit since the pandemic began, with Covid-19, economic recovery and climate change topping a packed agenda.

World • 28 Oct 21

Mario Draghi speaks during a press conference following a G20 virtual summit focused on Afghanistan in Rome

G20 leaders agree to step up Afghan humanitarian effort

G20 leaders have agreed to work together to avoid a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, as the EU pledged a €1bn aid package and host Italy stressed the need to maintain contacts with the Taliban.

World • 13 Oct 21

Paschal Donohoe and Janet Yellen met for talks over breakfast in Brussels (Pic: Twitter/@Paschald)

Donohoe reports 'very good engagement' with Yellen

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has maintained his reservation about a global minimum corporate tax rate in a meeting with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen today, a spokesperson for the Minister said.

Ireland • 12 Jul 21

Charles Michel, president of the European Council, right, holds a virtual live stream video meeting with Mario Draghi during the G20 Global Health summit

G20 leaders pledge Covid-19 vaccines for poorer nations

Coronavirus vaccine producers promised billions of doses for poor countries at a G20 health summit today, where leaders vowed to expand access to jabs as the only way to end the pandemic.

Coronavirus • 21 May 21

The G20 is also expected to support the IMF's plan to boost its reserve offerings

Help for low-income nations tops agenda at G20 meeting

G20 finance ministers and central bankers are taking part in a video conference today to coordinate post-pandemic recovery plans, increase help for the poorest Covid-hit countries and discuss a US-backed global minimum corporate tax.

Business • 07 Apr 21

This meeting will be followed by an official communique

G20 to discuss uneven recovery from Covid crisis

The world's financial leaders will discuss on Wednesday how to coordinate policies to prevent their virus-battered economies emerging from recession at highly different speeds, officials said ahead of the virtual meeting.

Business • 06 Apr 21

Janet Yellen has urged G20 governments to continue to provide substantial support for their economies during the Covid pandemic

Yellen urges G20 to 'go big' with pandemic stimulus

The world's most advanced nations must work in unison both to continue spending to boost the pandemic recovery, and help poor nations acquire Covid-19 vaccines, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said today.

Business • 25 Feb 21

World leaders are huddling virtually for this year's G20 summit

Coronavirus crisis to dominate Saudi-hosted G20 summit

Saudi Arabia opened the G20 summit in a first for an Arab nation, with the virtual forum dominated by efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and the worst global recession in decades.

Coronavirus • 21 Nov 20

The IMF issues slightly improved growth forecasts spurred by unexpectedly stronger rebounds from coronavirus lockdowns

Stimulus, virus battle key for global economy recovery

Global finance leaders have said the world economy had escaped a coronavirus-triggered collapse so far, but warned that failure to conquer the pandemic, maintain stimulus and tackle mounting debt among poor nations could crush a fragile recovery.

Business • 14 Oct 20

The open letter urges the G20 to prioritise a healthy and green recovery to boost resilience against future health crises

G20 leaders told world needs 'green pandemic recovery'

Over 350 organisations have written to G20 leaders urging them to ensure that trillions of dollars, euro and yuan pouring into post-pandemic economies are used to build a "healthy and green recovery".

World • 26 May 20

The virtual G20 summit was chaired by Saudi Arabia (Pic: G20 Saudi Arabia/Twitter)

G20 health ministers hold virtual meeting on Covid-19

Health ministers from the Group of 20 major economies held a virtual meeting today to work on a joint response to the coronavirus pandemic and will issue a statement, the G20 said.

World • 19 Apr 20

World infections surpass 500k, over 23,000 deaths

Leaders from the Group of 20 major economies have spoken by video link about combating the coronavirus pandemic and its economic impacts, as global infections reached 501,556, including 23,293 deaths.

News • 26 Mar 20

OECD expecting green light for their digital tax proposal from G20 finance ministers

G20 expected to back OECD's digital tax proposal

G20 finance ministers today are expected to give the green light to an OECD proposal that aims to find an agreement on taxing global tech giants by June.

Business • 18 Oct 19

President Trump has been holding a series of meetings on the sidelines of the G20 with world leaders

Trade top priority for Trump as G20 gets underway

US President Donald Trump has made clear that trade is his top priority at a summit of leaders of Group of 20 nations, as China's Xi Jinping warned against rising protectionism and India, Japan and Russia defended multilateral trade rules.

Business • 28 Jun 19

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump met on the sidelines of the G20 summit

Trump jokes to Putin 'don't meddle in the election'

Much of Donald Trump's time in office has been overshadowed by allegations Moscow helped get him elected, but when it came to confronting Vladimir Putin on the issue, the US president did it in a joke.

World • 28 Jun 19

Xi Jingping arrives in Japan as Donald Trump hits out at China over trade

China's Xi arrives in Japan ahead of stormy G20 summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Osaka ahead of what promises to be a stormy G20 meeting over trade, as US President Donald Trump hit out at Beijing and vowed more tariffs.

World • 27 Jun 19

Report says G20 governments boosted backing for coal-fired power plants from $17bn to $47bn a year between 2014 and 2017

G20 coal subsidies rise despite climate pledges - study

Despite promising a decade ago to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, the world's leading economies more than doubled subsidies to coal-fired power plants between 2014 and 2017, according to energy researchers.

Environment • 25 Jun 19

With only an estimated 9% of plastics ever produced recycled, campaigners say the only long-term solution to the plastic waste crisis is for companies to make less and consumers to use less

G20 to agree deal to counter marine plastic pollution

The Group of 20 major economies are set to agree a deal on reducing marine plastic waste at a meeting in Japan today.

World • 16 Jun 19

The US-China trade war continues to cloud the global economy with no end in sight

G20 to tackle US-China trade war, digital tax

Top financial policymakers from the world's 20 most powerful nations gather this weekend in Japan as a protracted US-China trade war clouds the global economy with no end in sight.

Business • 07 Jun 19

Trade issues will be the focus of today's meeting between the US President and his Chinese counterpart

G20 backs world trade reform ahead of Trump-Xi talks

European officials said that G20 nations had agreed to commit to reforming the World Trade Organisation in a preliminary draft of the communique due to be released at the end of a two-day meeting today.

World • 01 Dec 18

Some of the most interesting interactions are expected to happen on the summit's sidelines

The G20 Summit: Key meetings and moments

As world leaders get down to business in Buenos Aires for the G20 Summit, some of the most interesting interactions are happening on the sidelines, as Laura Fletcher reports.

World • 30 Nov 18

Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29

'No deal or no Brexit' if London rejects text - Tusk

Britain's choice would be to leave the European Union without a deal or abandon Brexit altogether if its parliament rejects an agreement between the EU and Prime Minister Theresa May, European Council President Donald Tusk said today.

Brexit • 30 Nov 18

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he did not feel isolated at the G20 meeting over the weekend

G20 calls for stepped-up trade dialogue

Global finance leaders have called for stepped-up dialogue to prevent trade and geopolitical tensions from hurting growth.

Business • 23 Jul 18

Protesters burn barricades in the Schanze district in Hamburg

More police sent to Hamburg as G20 violence escalates

Protesters injured at least 160 police officers, torched cars and lorries and broke into a locked-down metro station today, seeking to wrest control of the streets of Hamburg as leaders from the world's biggest economies met nearby.

Europe • 07 Jul 17