Is the G20 a platform for cooperation or division? | Business & Economy

The world’s seven biggest economies, the G7, mushroomed into the G20 in 1999 following the Asian financial crisis. The G20 summit is the world’s largest annual gathering of world leaders, second only to the United Nations General Assembly. This year’s G20 in Japan had a different emphasis. Leaders focussed on cooperation among themselves to solve problems, rather than the summit’s usual themes