The troubled discussions on the final declaration accurately reflected the state of international economic relations at the end of 2018: the G20 summit, which took place in Buenos Aires on Friday 30 November and Saturday 1 December, took place in an international context that was still tense, against the backdrop of the threat of new US sanctions on cars.
Talks on the summit's final declaration, which was reduced to a record minimum of three pages, proved more complex than ever, according...