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FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2019 file photo, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends the UNHCR - Global Refugee Forum at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. When financial markets collapsed and the world faced its last great crisis in 2008, major powers worked together to restore the global economy, but the COVID-19 pandemic has been striking for the opposite response. The financial crisis gave birth to the leaders’ summit of the Group of 20, the world’s richest countries responsible for 80% of the global economy. But when Guterres proposed ahead of their summit in late March that G-20 leaders adopt a “wartime” plan and cooperate on the global response to suppress the virus, there was no response (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)

Unlike 2008 crisis, pandemic has no leader, no global plan

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Residents of Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town, South Africa, Clash with police Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in protest against the distribution of food parcels to the poor and unemployed during the third week of a lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus. (AP Photo)

Richest countries agree to freeze poorer nations’ debt

By CARA ANNA and AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

A worker sprays disinfectant at the pedestrian walkway at Senayan Sports Complex amid coronavirus outbreak, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, March 26, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

World leaders to meet virtually to coordinate coronavirus response

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, right, meets with South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha before a bilateral meeting during the G20 foreign ministers meeting Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, in Nagoya, Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Japan, South Korea meet after saving intelligence pact

By JOHNSON LAI and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, right, leans over to talk to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a G-20 summit event on women's empowerment in Osaka, Japan, in Osaka, Japan, Saturday, June 29, 2019. Ivanka Trump is in the middle. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Abe’s G-20 show eclipsed by Trump-China trade talks, tweets

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as they and other leaders gather for a group photo at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Friday, June 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Rebuked by many, Saudi crown prince feted at G20 summit

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at the start of their talks at a hotel in Osaka, western Japan, Thursday, June 27, 2019, ahead of the G-20 Summit. (Kimimasa Mayama/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: Putin invites Trump to visit Russia next year

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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, right, and European Council President Donald Tusk, left, are escorted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prior to their working lunch on the sidelines of the G20 Summit at the International Exhibition Center in Osaka, Japan, Thursday, June 27, 2019. (Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: Japan welcomes Xi as sign of improving ties

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In this file photo taken on Monday, July 16, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shake hand at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Kremlin ‘cannot rule out’ Putin discussing cyberattacks with Trump during G-20

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, center bottom, speak with other participants prior to G20 Finance Ministers' and Central Bank Governors' Meeting Saturday, June 8, 2019, in Fukuoka, western Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

G-20 finance officials pledge to protect global growth

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Trader Michael Milano, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. Stocks are opening sharply higher on Wall Street, following gains in overseas markets after the U.S. and China struck a 90-day truce in their trade dispute. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Markets Right Now: Trade truce sends stocks solidly higher

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In this photo released by the press office of the G20 Summit, leaders and their partners pose for a group photo prior to a gala dinner at the Colon Theater in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Leaders from the Group of 20 industrialized nations are meeting in Buenos Aires for two days starting today. (G20 Press Office via AP)

A look at what happened at the G-20 summit in Argentina

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

Argentina's President Mauricio Macri, left, and Argentina's first lady Juliana Awada, right, share a glass of champagne with Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. Leaders from the Group of 20 industrialized nations will meet in Buenos Aires for two days starting Friday. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Trump vs the world _ G-20 summit stumbles on trade, climate

By ANGELA CHARLTON and PETER ORSI and LUIZ ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during the German Ukrainian Economy Forum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

The Latest: G20 leaders attend show in Argentine opera house

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speak to soldiers during a visit to a military base in Chernihiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov, 28, 2018. Russia and Ukraine traded blame after Russian border guards on Sunday opened fire on three Ukrainian navy vessels and eventually seized them and their crews. The incident put the two countries on war footing and raised international concern. (Mykola Lazarenko, Presidential Press Service via AP)

The Latest: UN chief urges calm in Russia-Ukraine dispute

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Opponents to the G20 summit carry a giant inflatable doll depicting U.S. President Donald Trump wearing a diaper in front of Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. Leaders from the Group of 20 industrialized nations will meet in Buenos Aires for two days starting Friday. (AP Photo/Sebastian Pani)

A look at the top issues at the G-20 summit in Argentina

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping, second left, poses with Spain's King Felipe, second from right, together with their wives Peng Liyuan, left, and Spain's Queen Letizia during a welcome ceremony at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. Chinese president Xi Jinping has arrived Tuesday in Spain for the first leg of an international tour that will cover a global summit in Argentina and visits to Panama and Portugal. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

The Latest: China’s Xi calls for consensus on trade

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A security guard stands outside the G20 summit venue at the Costa Salguero Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. Thousands of police and security agents will guard Group of 20 industrialized nations' world leaders during the two-day meeting that starts Friday. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Security concerns arise as Argentina hosts G-20

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Trump is traveling to three campaign rallies. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump says he ‘probably’ won’t meet with Putin in Paris

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, left, and Argentina's Defense Minister Oscar Raul Aguad arrive for a press conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Mattis is on an official visit to several South American countries. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

U.S. to provide military security for G-20 summit in Argentina

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times