World Leaders Converge in Indonesia for G20 Summit
Leaders representing three-fifths of the planet’s population and fourth-fifths of global gross domestic product are meeting in Bali, Indonesia for the G20 Summit. The G20 Summit is an annual meeting made up of the world’s 19 largest economies along with the European Union.
This year’s meeting represents the first-time world leaders have met face-to-face since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February. Participating countries include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the UK and the US.
What is happening in Indonesia?
INSTRUCTORS: click the link below to download this week’s lecture for use in your classroom. The deck contains a writing prompt and a debate question as well as other assessment questions.
Videos:
News Articles:
G20 summit: What is it and why are world leaders meeting?
BBC NEWS
November 15, 2022
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/63624304
War in Ukraine dominates G20 summit talks in Bali
NHK WORLD-JAPAN
November 15, 2022
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20221115_37/
G20 leaders to agree draft communiqué rejecting ‘era of war’
FINANCIAL TIMES
November 14, 2022
https://www.ft.com/content/4a3197fd-cd9d-4517-9ac2-bce69dce5e0b
Wrangling over Ukraine war dominates summit of G20 major economies
REUTERS
November 15, 2022
https://www.reuters.com/world/g20-starts-bali-ukraine-war-raging-inflation-top-agenda-2022-11-15/
News Articles (Analyses):
4 takeaways from President Biden’s ‘very blunt’ meeting with China’s Xi Jinping
NPR
November 14, 2022
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/14/1136459450/biden-xi-meeting
G20: Key European takeaways from Bali summit so far
EURONEWS
November 15, 2022
https://www.euronews.com/2022/11/15/g20-key-european-takeaways-from-bali-summit-so-far
G20 summit: South Korea calls for China to play a bigger role in reining in North Korea’s arms tests
WION
November 16, 2022
Biden says allies working in ‘total unanimity’ after Russian-made missile falls on Poland, killing 2
CNN
November 15, 2022
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/politics/biden-bali-g20-summit-final-day/index.html
Assessment:
Writing: What is the significance of the G20 Summit?
Debate: What major issues confront G20 members?
Poll: Is the G20 useful?
Short Answer: Why is it so difficult to find a consensus to the world’s problems?
QUIZ:
The G20 Summit is an annual meeting made up of the world’s 19 largest economies along with the African Union. (T/F)
Most G20 countries support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (T/F)
The first G20 Summit was in 2008. (T/F)
Which of the following countries is not a member of the G20?
- Taiwan
- US
- France
- South Korea
France hopes to have a larger presence in which region of the world?
a. Caribbean.
b. Asia-Pacific.
c. Siberia.
d. Scandinavia.
Presidents Xi and Biden discussed all the following at the G20 Summit EXCEPT.
a. North Korea.
b. Human rights.
c. Singapore.
d. Climate change.
