Anton: Do you think we'll see any meaningful progress at the G20? Or is that unlikely? Is the summit just sort of a talking shop and we should expect leaders to pose for handshakes and then go about their business? I think the G20 has lost some of his luster. It was very important during the financial crisis in coordinating a global response to the financial crisis. But that was in the days when American China were in much better terms. If this G20 has helped the two giant economies of the world and giant powers of the world find some more civil way of dealing with each other, that is probably a good enough result for the G20.
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