Will There Be Any Progress on Food and Energy Prices at the G20?

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Do you think there'll be any resolution, any progress on food and energy prices at the G20? It's hard to resolve for as long as the war goes on, but plainly the minimum requirement will be that the grain deal keeps going. The West is saying, no, this is great for everybody. Everybody will get to enjoy lower energy prices from Russia. I'm not sure Gulf energy producers will be very happy about that. A lot of Asian countries have held off on taking sides in Russia's war against Ukraine. Do you think there will be pressure at the summit for them to come down on one side or the other?

The G20 Summit gets under way in Bali today at a time of tensions over Ukraine and Taiwan, and worries about high food and energy prices. We look at what progress, if any, is likely to result from the high-level meeting. An unusually warm autumn has kept gas prices low in Europe. And what a Nobel-prize winner’s work suggests about Neanderthal family life. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer