Divided on climate and trade, G-20 leaders have found 50 side issues to agree on
Teams from Scotland, Sweden, Canada and the United States compete at the World Wheelchair Curling Championship, a test event for the 2022 Winter Olympics, held at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on Friday. | Mark Schiefelbein/AP PhotoROME — Negotiations on the G-20 summit communique will head into a fourth day on Sunday, as leaders from the world’s leading nations remain at odds on several key issues in the 17-page document.
Canada's Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland arrives for a meeting of G-20 finance and health ministers at the Salone delle Fontane in Rome on Friday. | Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo In a win for President Joe Biden — who has designated corruption around the world as a national security threat — the G-20 leaders will strengthen their “zero tolerance” corruption policy by committing to “deny safe haven to corruption offenders and their assets” and putting extra effort into prosecuting transnational corruption.
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