Geneva — When the G20 leaders meet for their fifth summit in Cannes, France, on Thursday, they will be confronted with several worsening global economic and trade issues. Among them is how to strengthen the international trading system and how to overcome the developmental deficit that continues to create an uneven playing field for poor countries.
The European Union and its allies remain in conflict with leading developing countries - China, Kenya and the trading bloc known as IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) - on the blueprint that trade ministers must agree on at the eighth World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in Geneva this December.
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