20 MARCH 2017
Breaking a decade-long tradition of endorsing open trade, G20 finance ministers and central bankers made only a token reference to trade in their communique on Saturday, a clear defeat for host nation Germany which fought the new US government's attempts to water down past commitments.
That was just a year after the group, made up of the world's 20 largest economies, vowed to "resist all forms of protectionism".
They also removed from their statement a pledge to finance the fight against climate change, an anticipated outcome after U.S. President Donald Trump called global warming a "hoax".
Source: Loop Pacific