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Why the G20 Can’t Solve Big Problems

Why the G20 Can’t Solve Big Problems
GZERO Staff
By GZERO StaffJune 27, 2019
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World leaders have gathered in Osaka, Japan for the latest G20 summit meeting. What is the G20, where did it come from, and why is it unable to meet the world's biggest challenges?

That's a big reason we're living in a GZERO World, where no country or group of countries can meet the global challenges of our time.

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