2021 G20 Rome summit
2021 G20 Rome summit | |
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Host country | Italy |
Date | 30–31 October 2021 |
Motto | People, Planet, and Prosperity |
Venue(s) | EUR Convention Center |
Cities | Rome(host) |
Participants | G20 members Invited guests: Brunei D.R. Congo Netherlands Rwanda Singapore Spain |
Follows | 2020 G20 Riyadh summit |
Precedes | 2022 G20 Bali summit |
Website | g20 |
The2021 G20 Rome summitwas thesixteenthmeeting of theGroup of Twenty(G20), which was held inRome,the capital city ofItaly,on 30–31 October 2021.[1]
Participating leaders
[edit]Invited guests
[edit]Absent leaders
[edit]Five leaders did not attend the G20 summit. Of them,Chinese leaderXi JinpingandRussian PresidentVladimir Putinparticipated viavideo link;Mexican PresidentAndrés Manuel López Obrador,who rarely leaves the country on foreign trips, sent hisSecretary of Foreign AffairsMarcelo Ebrardon his behalf; andJapanese Prime MinisterFumio KishidaandSouth African PresidentCyril Ramaphosaboth skipped the summit due to elections being held in each respective nation.[2][3][4][5]
Outcomes
[edit]TheBiden administrationand the European Union reached an agreement on 30 October to roll back the steel and aluminium tariff regime that had beenimposed by the Trump administration in 2018.The agreement retained some protection for American steel and aluminum producers by adopting atariff-rate quotaregime. It also ended retaliatory tariffs on American goods the EU had imposed and cancelled a scheduled tariff increase by the EU.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"G20 2021 Italy".16 December 2020. Archived fromthe originalon 27 February 2021.Retrieved7 December2020.
- ^"G20 Italy: Which world leaders will be in Rome".Wanted in Rome. 27 October 2021.
- ^"G20: World leaders agree to historic corporate tax deal".BBC News. 30 October 2021.
- ^Balmer, Crispian (19 October 2021)."Four G20 leaders not expected at Rome summit -diplomats".Reuters.Retrieved1 November2021.
- ^"Ramaphosa skips first face-to-face Covid-19 era G20 summit due to local government elections".iol.co.za.Retrieved1 November2021.
- ^Swanson, Ana; Rogers, Katie (30 October 2021)."U.S. Agrees to Roll Back European Steel and Aluminum Tariffs".The New York Times.
External links
[edit]- Official websiteof the G20.Archived2 December 2020 at theWayback Machine.