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Sitharaman to attend G-20 joint finance, health ministers meet in Rome

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will attend the G-20 joint Finance and Health Ministers meeting in Rome on October 29, which among other things will discuss COVID pandemic prevention and response. Union Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman embarks on an official visit to attend #G20 Joint Finance & Health Ministers meeting in #Rome to discuss measures to strengthen #COVID19 #PandemicPrevention, #preparedness & #response. The meeting precedes #G20RomeSummit, the Finance Ministry tweeted. Finance and health ministers will discuss how to keep momentum on response to pandemic and build on further coordination arrangements between health and finance ministries. On October 29, G20 Finance and Health Ministers will gather in Rome for their first joint meeting under the Italian G20 Presidency. The meeting will be co-chaired by Daniele Franco, Italian Minister of Economy and Finance and Roberto Speranza, Italian Minister of Health. The meeting will be held on the eve of the G20 ...

Piyush Goyal appointed as India's Sherpa for G20 meet

Goyal who is the union minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution and textiles, replaced former union minister Suresh Prabhu as the sherpa for the meet

IMF calls for urgent action to address worsening 'two-track' recovery

As G20 finance ministers and central bank governors are set to gather later this week, the International Monetary Fund called for urgent action to address a worsening 'two-track' recovery

Our strategic objectives remain unchanged despite Covid: Saudi ambassador

"Bilateral trade between Saudi Arabia and India has increased significantly in the last two years, from $27 billion in 2018 -19 to $34 billion in 2019-2020"

G20 foreign minister highlight coordination of cross-border management

G20 Foreign Ministers highlighted coordination of cross-border management to protect livelihoods during the ongoing coronavirus crisis, according to a statement by the Saudi G20 Presidency

Agriculture minister joins G-20 meet over Covid-19 impact on food safety

The G-20 Agriculture Ministers virtual meeting was organized through video conferencing by the Saudi Presidency to deliberate on the ways and means of ensuring continuity of the food supply

Our health systems vulnerable to pandemics: G20 countries on Covid-19

The health ministers from the group of 20 major economies discussed weaknesses in health systems that made the world vulnerable to the coronavirus outbreak

Gave $3.9 bn in assistance to 320 million: FM Sitharaman at G20 meet

Sitharaman also said that the policy measures undertaken by the Government of India, RBI and other regulators have helped in de-freezing the market and catalysing credit flows.

G20 finance ministers likely to back OECD's digital tax proposal

OECD will present its "unified approach" to a digital tax at a G20 gathering on the sidelines of annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank

India's upcoming G20 presidency

New Delhi must guard against the world's premier multilateral economic forum being hijacked by bilateralism

India-US trade talks to restart Friday; compromise on tariffs likely

Trump and Modi met in Osaka on the sidelines of a G20 summit in June where they agreed to build ties between the two countries and sort out thorny trade issues

To stop undue benefits to digital giants, G20 urged to speed up digital tax

"We have to hurry up," said French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire during a panel discussion of top policymakers before the G20 meeting officially opened

G20: Modi, Trump discuss 5G, trade, Iran; leave out S-400 deal from talks

US President Donald Trump said ahead of his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he thinks they will have a 'very big trade deal to announce'

G20 meet: Modi, Abe talk global economy; Prez Kovind to attend coronation

Modi thanked Abe for his warm welcome to him and the Indian delegation visiting Japan for the G20 Summit

G20 nations created new trade barriers covering biz worth $339.5 bn: WTO

GENEVA (Reuters) - The world's 20 most advanced economies, the G20, erected 20 new trade restrictions between October and May, covering trade worth $335.9 billion, the World Trade Organization said on Monday, warning that several more were being considered.

G20 summit: Policymakers evaluate impact of trade battles on global economy

IMF chief Christine Lagarde singled out trade tensions as the "major" headwind facing the global economy, adding that it was a "significant risk on the horizon," in an interview

G20 avoids commitment on free trade - a climb-down from 2017

Despite President Trump and President Xi's dinner meetings in which they promised to take no further measures in the new year, the concluding communique of the summit was not encouraging

G20 to negotiate draft communique 'until last minute': Argentina

Earlier, European officials had said that G20 nations had agreed to commit to reforming the World Trade Organization

We are eager to cooperate in new industrial revolution

BRICS countries have been contributing to global sustainability and development

G20: EU plegdes to help reform WTO rules to resolve global trade tensions

G20 leaders meet on Friday and Saturday in Buenos Aires with the escalating trade dispute between the United States and China likely to top the agenda