Italy urged that there be no backtracking on a major international taxation agreement at the G20 talks in South Africa, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said on Thursday, adding that unilateral approaches would discourage investment.
China came out in support of U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to strike a deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, at a G20 meeting in South Africa on Thursday, while U.S. allies rallied around Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
The erosion of multilateralism threatens global growth and stability, President Cyril Ramaphosa warned Wednesday at a G20 finance meeting in South Africa marked by the absence of the US treasury secretary.
Reserve Bank deputy governor Andrew Hauser has said it would be “hard to see” how Australia would escape negative flow-on effects from Donald Trump’s threats of a global trade war, however suggested the uncertainty could translate into future rate cuts.
A senior Russian official says preparations have begun for a face-to-face meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A “window for peace is opening” in Ukraine, China’s top diplomat told a meeting of G20 foreign ministers on Thursday, as the Trump administration ramps up its push to end the war in close coordination with Russia.
Donald Trump has responded to claims he will soon be visiting Vladimir Putin in Moscow following days of deepening ties between the US president and the Kremlin
PM travelling to Washington following his weekly Commons grilling after announcing dramatic increase in UK’s war chest