G20 Communique: leaders note trade issue and affirm pledge to use all means to achieve strong, sustainable and balanced growth
- G20 agrees to guard against downside risks by stepping up dialogue and actions to enhance confidence
- Agree that fiscal policy should rebuild buffers and be used flexibly to support growth, while ensuring public debt is on a sustainable path
- To work together on solution to address the impacts of digitalization in the international tax system; to give update in 2019 and final report by 2020
- The trade system is currently falling short of its objectives and there is room for improvement; G20 supports the necessary reform of the WTO to improve its function and will review progress at our next summit
- Reaffirms commitment to further strengthening the global financial safety net with strong, quota based, and adequately resourced IMF at its center