Sweeping G-20 communique glosses over big-picture issues

Note: This article was originally published in The Straits Times on 2 July 2019. ERIA Chief Economist, Prof Fukunari Kimura was featured.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to train attention on the fact that the Group of 20 (G-20) leaders managed to come to a consensus and sign off on a declaration at the Osaka summit that ended last Saturday. (Read the full article by using the link above).