Economic uncertainty cannot be new norm, says Canada at G20


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  • Friday, 18 Jul 2025

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Minister of Finance Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada May 29, 2025. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo

DURBAN (Reuters) -Major economies cannot allow uncertainty to become the new norm even though they face a novel world of growing trade restrictions and tariffs, Canada's finance minister said on Thursday.

G20 finance ministers and central bankers meeting near Durban face a challenge to produce a final communique at a meeting overshadowed by Donald Trump's tariffs and in the absence of U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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