The United States and the G-20

For those of you who do not know what the G-20 is.
The United States and the G-20: What Is the G-20?

The leaders of the G-20 countries meet annually in a summit to discuss international policy issues ranging from the economy to climate change. In response to economic crises, the seven leading industrialized nations plus Russia, better known as the G-8, invited twelve additional emerging economies in 1999 to join their forum and become the G-20. The G-20 represents 90% of the world's economic output.

Both the G-8 and the G-20 have co-existed since 1999. The G-20 should not be confused with the original G-7, established in 1976, which is a forum of finance ministers and central bankers from US, Japan, Germany, UK, France, Italy and Canada.
Members of the G-20
he members of the G-20 are:

• US
• Japan
• Germany
• UK
• France
• Italy
• Canada
• Russia
• Argentina
• Australia
• Brazil
• China
• India
• Indonesia
• Mexico
• Saudi Arabia
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Turkey
• European Union

The first eight countries listed are the members of the G-8.


The members of the G-20 are: