BEIJING: G20 leaders will meet in China this weekend in a climate of economic uncertainty and sluggish global growth – but the absence of an urgent crisis means the forum will be short on breakthroughs, analysts say.

Eight years after the first G20 summit in Washington, when countries coordinated a response to the financial meltdown, Beijing has set a modest agenda for the Hangzhou gathering – focusing on making the world economy “innovative, invigorated, interconnected, and inclusive”.

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