Ukraine, Gaza Polarize G-20 as Global Money Chiefs Seek Sidestep
- Sao Paulo summit to avoid fraught debates on Ukraine, Gaza
- Ministers likely to seek consensus on bare-minimum agenda
Palestinian boys pass on their bicycle a huge garbage dump along a main road in Gaza City on Feb. 24.
Photographer: AFP/Getty Images
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The world’s top economic policymakers figure they’ll have to steer clear of two conflicts convulsing global politics — the wars in Ukraine and Gaza — to make progress on anything else at this week’s G-20 summit in Brazil.
There’s plenty more to talk about. The host nation is pushing ambitious plans on inequality and climate change. Finance ministers are keen to address trade and corporate taxation. Central bankers want to discuss cross-border money flows and the tricky last phase of the global inflation fight.