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World Leaders Meet in London on Global Economic Recession

By Sonja Pace

London

02 April 2009



British PM Gordon Brown (front center), speaks with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during photo session at G20 Summit in London, 02 Apr 2009

Leaders of the G20, the world's major economies are meeting in London to hammer out some agreement and coordinated effort to stem the global recession and find a way back to growth.Some of the world's most powerful leaders, along with their finance chiefs are meeting at London's ExCel Center to try to forge common ground on tackling the world's economic crisis.

What they are hoping to do is to come up with a coordinated plan to ease the recession, get their economies back on track and put in place regulatory measures to try to prevent similar crises in future.

Indications are there will be no agreement on more stimulus packages, general agreement on free trade and against protectionism, agreement on more money for the International Monetary Fund, and there is likely to be some agreement on greater regulation.

Economist Gianluca Benigno of the London School of Economics says cracking down on tax havens should not be an immediate concern.

"If you want to find a scapegoat you can, but that is not the main issue on which you want to focus. If you want to focus on that for populist reasons, that is another matter," he said.

There is a good deal of popular anger at bankers and traders who are widely seen as having taken too many risks with other people's money and at the wealthy, who stand accused of using tax havens to shelter their money. So, cracking down on them is generally popular. But many economists say the bigger issues to worry about include bad bank debt and lack of liquidity.

The United States and Britain wanted to see other governments plow more funds into their economies as stimulus. But, strong opposition came from many countries, especially Germany and France in fear of increasing the debt burden. Most European nations instead want tougher regulation on the banking and finance sectors.

Analysts say that even if the G20 leaders do not agree on all points, it is crucial that they send a message to the public and to jittery markets that they understand the gravity of the crisis and that they are committed to working together to try to resolve it.

全球二十主要经济体领袖聚会伦敦

世界20个主要经济体的领导人正在伦敦会晤，争取达成一些协议，协调努力， 应对全球衰退，找到恢复经济增长的途径。

*协调行动防止类似金融危机重演*

世界上一些最强大国家的领导人和这些国家的财政首脑正在伦敦开会，努力为应对世界经济危机奠定共同基础。他们希望能够提出一个谐调性计划，缓和衰退，让经济恢复增长，同时落实监管措施，以防止将来再发生类似的危机。

有迹象显示，在更多的刺激经济计划方面不会达成任何协议，但是会就自由贸易和反对保护主义以及向国际货币基金组织注入更多资金方面达成一般性协议，而且可能会达成一些有关加强监管的协议。

伦敦经济学院经济学家贝尼尼奥认为，打击逃税行为不应当是眼下最重要的问题。他说：“如果想找个替罪羊，当然能够找到，但是这不是现在的重点。但如果你是为了赢得人心而把这个问题作为重点，那是另外一回事。”

各国公众普遍对银行家和交易人感到愤怒，认为他们用别人的钱去从事风险极大的交易；对富人感到愤怒，认为他们利用免税港积累财富。因此，打击这些行为通常都会受到欢迎。但是许多经济学家指出，现在有更大的问题需要关注，其中包括银行坏帐和缺少流动性。

美国和英国希望其他国家政府向经济注入更多资金，刺激经济增长。但是很多国家、特别是德国和法国，由于担心债务负担增长而强烈反对这种做法。大部分欧洲国家希望的是强化对银行和金融业的监管。

分析人士指出，即使20国集团领导人不会在所有问题上达成共识，但是，如果他们能够向公众和极度紧张不安的市场发出一个信息，表示他们了解危机的严重性，表示他们将致力于合作解决目前的各种问题，这也是至关重要的。