G20 heads struggle to narrow differences beyond their concern on global growth


  • World
  • Friday, 28 Jun 2019

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato

OSAKA (Reuters) - Many leaders of the world's top 20 economies on Friday voiced concern over trade tensions and the risk they pose to global growth, but were at loggerheads on key issues such as World Trade Organization (WTO) reform, Japanese and Russian delegates said.

The bitter U.S.-China trade war and signs of slowdown in the global economy have overshadowed a two-day Group of 20 summit that kicked off in Osaka, western Japan, on Friday with a session on the world economy and trade.

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