GlobalizationArticle - Monday, June 28, 2010
G20's rise questioned after G20 summit
Leaders from rich and poor nations hailed the G20 as the premier global forum for economic co-operation, but critics warned the Toronto summit showed it risks becoming just another talking shop.
Article - Monday, June 28, 2010
G20 struggles for united front
Reflecting contrasting national priorities and differing views, world leaders at the G20 summit have pledged to halve budget deficits by 2013 – but agreed to take different paths towards lasting growth.
Article - Sunday, June 27, 2010
Harper says nuclear co-operation deal marks new era in Canada-India relations
TORONTO - Stephen Harper says he believes India’s Cold War duplicity has been consigned to history and that the Asian economic powerhouse won’t use Canadian uranium to build nuclear bombs.
Article - Sunday, June 27, 2010
Historic step toward new world balance
Against significant odds, the Group of 20 is moving closer to its goal of rebalancing the global economy.
Article - Sunday, June 27, 2010
UPDATE: G-20 Riven By Divide Over Financial-Regulation Plans
TORONTO -(Dow Jones)- Leaders of the Group of 20 developed and developing nations have scrambled together a basic accord on plans to toughen financial regulations, but it was clear by the end of this weekend's summit in Toronto that they also sowed a fair degree of discord.
Article - Sunday, June 27, 2010
Analysts' View: G20 treads different paths to growth
Analysts' View: G20 treads different paths to growth
TORONTO
Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:56pm EDTTORONTO (Reuters) - World leaders from the Group of 20 rich and emerging nations agreed to disagree on Sunday over the best path for securing economic recovery and financial reform.
Article - Sunday, June 27, 2010
G20 leaders agree to halve global debt by 2013
THE leaders of the world's most powerful economies pledged to slash back spiraling debts overnight as they sought to rebalance a global economy knocked off its axis by a financial crisis.
Article - Friday, June 25, 2010
IMF restructuring "should go beyond adjusting quotas"
BEIJING, June 25 (Xinhaunet) -- Reforms in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) must go beyond readjustment of the quota shares to include adjusting the representation status and allowing economists of different backgrounds to join as senior staff.
Article - Friday, June 25, 2010
Policy Conflicts Seen as Obama Arrives in Toronto
TORONTO — Hours after Congress reached agreement on a plan to restructure the American financial system, President Obama began meeting with world leaders on Friday counting on the deal to give momentum to his administration’s efforts to forge a consensus on restoring global economic growth
Article - Friday, June 25, 2010
The education of Stephen Harper
This weekend will provide a defining moment for the developing countries of the G20, which have elbowed their way into the clubby confines of the G8 and are now poised to tilt the world’s balance of power. It will also be a defining moment for Stephen Harper, the man who, in many ways, has placed himself at the centre of this transition.