G20 summit in Buenos Aires 2018

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Participants of the G-20 summit in Argentina 2018 without Angela Merkel , who arrived late

The G20 summit in Buenos Aires 2018 ( English 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit ) was the 13th summit of the group of the twenty most important industrialized and emerging countries on November 30th and December 1st, 2018. It was the first on South American soil.

subjects

Except for the USA, all summit participants saw the temperature anomaly on earth since 1980 as a danger to humanity.

In the run-up to the meeting, host Argentina identified three negotiating topics that differed from this and that should actually have priority: the future of work, the infrastructure for economic development and the sustainable production of food .

The most important topics were global trade and in particular the protectionist trade policy of the government of the United States as well as global migration and - also with regard to the World Climate Conference (COP 24), which will take place immediately after the summit on December 3, 2018 in Katowice - necessary measures for a Discussed the beneficial effects of mankind on greenhouse gas emissions .

According to media reports, there were also consultations with various participants about the military incident off Crimea between Russia and Ukraine on November 25, 2018.

Attendees

The host countries and organizations included the African Union ( Paul Kagame ), the Netherlands ( Mark Rutte ) and Spain ( Pedro Sánchez ).

course

Cultural program in the evening, photo with Chancellor Merkel

During the G20 summit, the heads of government of Canada , Mexico and the United States signed the “ United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement ”, a free trade agreement which , once ratified , is intended to replace the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) of 1994.

On the evening of November 30th, the 20 heads of government met for a gala dinner in the Teatro Colón , which was also attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel , who was late for the summit due to damage to the government aircraft Konrad Adenauer .

The summit was marked by bilateral talks between the heads of government and the associated delegations on the current conflicts between the nation states .

Results

The EU cited the commitment of the participating heads of state and government to reform the World Trade Organization (WTO) for better compliance with common rules as the greatest success .

Final declaration

In contrast to the previous summit, the joint declaration by the participants is no longer categorically against protectionism ; the United States' climate policy move away from the global climate agreement adopted by the international community in Paris in 2015 as the only participant in the G20 has been recorded again.

In the final document, the signatories u. a. record strong economic growth in the world, but point to rescue mechanisms that would have to take effect in the event of a recession and that have not yet been found. The final declaration also states the commitment to more data exchange via financial accounts in order to better combat tax fraud , as well as the intention to take action against profit reductions and profit shifting in tax payments.

The following is a translated quote from the final report:

"We will regulate crypto assets to combat money laundering and terrorist financing in line with FATF standards and will consider further measures if necessary."

- Declaration by G20 leaders

costs

The Argentine government budgeted an amount of 112 million US dollars for the G20 summit. This included USD 40 million for catering, the gala dinner at the Teatro Colón, gifts for the delegations, translators, transfers and cleaning, and USD 43 million for security. The 84 assemblies that prepared the summit cost US $ 17 million and the salaries of the 70 staff who organized the summit cost US $ 12 million. Not included are the "additional expenses" for safety equipment that should be used after the summit, including 12 small Beechcraft T-6 Texan II aircraft from the US for 160 million US dollars, four patrol boats from Israel for 49 million US dollars and five Dassault fighter jets Super Étendard of France for USD 12.5 million.

criticism

Aid organizations such as Oxfam urged the reduction of the increasing differences between rich and poor in order to alleviate extreme poverty . Social injustice does not appear in the final declaration.

Web links

Meetings in small groups "on the sidelines", here Donald Tusk (EU), Pedro Sánchez (Spain), who assisted with the organization, Theresa May (UK), Mark Rutte (NL)
Commons : G20 Summit in Buenos Aires 2018  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 30th-December 1st, 2018. In: europa.eu . Accessed December 1, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Folleto G 20 - 2018 Brochure. In: g20.utoronto.ca, University of Toronto . 2018, accessed December 1, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Summit: G20 states agree on a joint declaration . In: Spiegel Online . December 1, 2018 ( spiegel.de [accessed December 2, 2018]).
  4. ↑ USA, Mexico and Canada sign new free trade agreement. In: mdr.de . November 30, 2018, accessed December 1, 2018 .
  5. ^ Dance gala for G20 bosses in the Teatro Colón finanznachrichten.de , November 30, 2018, accessed on December 1, 2018.
  6. ^ A b G20 summit - USA isolated in climate policy . In: Deutschlandfunk . ( deutschlandfunk.de [accessed on December 2, 2018]).
  7. ^ Building Consensus for Fair and Sustainable Development. In: g20.utoronto.ca, University of Toronto . December 2, 2018, accessed December 2, 2018 .
  8. ↑ These are the most important results of the G20 summit handelsblatt.com , December 2, 2018, accessed on December 2, 2018.
  9. ↑ G20 Leaders' declaration Building consensus for fair and sustainable development ( Memento of December 3, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF), accessed on December 3, 2018
  10. ↑ Lo que costó el G20 equivale a la construcción de 44 escuelas sanjuan8.com (Spanish), November 28, 2018, accessed on December 1, 2018.