Trade conflicts at G-20 Summit

The G20 summit, under way in Argentina, is the first in Latin America. Argentina President Maurizio Macri, who fights in his country with a strong financial crisis, wants to make his country's problems more vulnerable to the 20 most important economic countries in the world. We should always make clear that we are dealing with a world in which the gap of injustice is increasing and is not shrinking, and even everywhere. ”

President Macri has made it known that we want to make a G20 that brings something concrete to each human”. That's how Pedro Villagra Delgado describes Argentina's intentions for the G20 summit. He is an adviser to the summit host, the Argentinan president, and has worked with 19 other colleagues on preparing the summit. The “thinks that everything is self-aware, but if you look closely, it's not like that. Decisions need to improve people's lives”, says Pedro Villagra Delgado.

The G20 summit will debate this time even on the future of work in the digital world, education, sustainable development and safety of food items. For experienced diplomat Pedro Maurizio Macri is clear that another subject - and especially one president - the American will rule the scene in Buenos Aires. With policy “America first” Trump has disappointed allies like the EU and Canada, but also China. Christine Lagarde, director of the International Monetary Fund, said before the G20 summit that punitive customs and trade conflicts reduce global trade. The effects these measures will have on economic capacity are certainly shown. In the worst case, the world economy will decrease by 0.5 percent. ”

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other heads of state and government have decided to insist on preserving free trade. At the moment it seems we will have a summit under the motto “all against one, all against Trump”. Nor is it thought that the American president, who will stay only one day at the summit, would react to such attitudes. It's worth “American First”, as it pointed out a week ago.

International institutions such as the World Trade Organisation, the WTO or even the G20 are to bother you.

Trump seeks during his stay at the G20 summit to meet with China's president, Xi Jinping, to reach a bilateral agreement. At the same time, he also threatens. We're doing good with China. China wants to close a deal. They may not tell you, but they love it very much. I have another 250 billion who can put them as customs if we don't get a deal. Believe me, I'll put them on because China has been betting our country for years. ”

It is unknown, if the head of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker will have the chance to speak to the American president of customs on steel and aluminum. Transatlantic talks initiated in summer have stalled. Junczer doesn't like the current American strategy, where everyone thinks of themselves. “I don't like unilapelism, because it doesn't consider the needs of others. I will remain a multilaterist”, Juncker said in a speech on the European Union's situation in September.

Also scheduled was Donald Trump's meeting with President Putin under the summit, which will not be held, on the grounds that Russia did not free Ukrainian sailors taken into custody. I don't like aggression”, Trump said. Both sides do not argue as much about trade issues as about the mid-ray missile ban agreement.

Argentinian hosts hope that heads of state and government of countries representing 80% of the world's economic capacity will co-operate with each other, despite Donald Trump's stance. My wish is that in the final document of the G20 summit, the commitment of heads of state and government to work together for the benefit of all, says Pedro Villagra Delgardo.