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Business Matters: Saudi Arabia prepares to host virtual G20 summit

Saudi Arabia prepares to host virtual G20 summit

21/11/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Saudi Arabia prepares to host virtual G20 summit

The agenda includes a collective response to covid-19, recession and women’s empowerment.

The G20 summit of the world’s biggest economies is this weekend in the Saudi capital Riyadh. It's the first time it’s being hosted by an Arab state, although leaders will only meet online. The agenda includes a collective response to covid-19, the worst recession in decades and women’s empowerment. But the summit is being overshadowed by calls from international human rights groups to boycott it. Our Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet is in Riyadh and tells us what to expect. 

The Federal Reserve has hit back after the Trump administration said it was ending some emergency lending programmes established to provide economic support during the pandemic. Chris Low of FTN Financial gives us the market reaction. Also in the programme, we ask what Donald Trump will do next and consider the future of the Trump brand. Plus, the hair shampoo that doesn't need plastic packaging - or any packaging at all. 

All this and more discussed with our guest throughout the show, Colin Peacock of Radio New Zealand, in Wellington.

(Picture: a family photo of G20 Leaders is projected at the historic site of al-Tarif in Diriyah district, on the outskirts of Saudi capital Riyadh. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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