2019 G20 Osaka summit

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The 2019 G20 Osaka summit was the fourteenth meeting of the G20, held at the International Exhibition Center in Osaka.^[1][2] It was the first G20 summit hosted by Japan.^[3]

2019 G20 Osaka summit 14th G20 Summit
← 13th 28–29 June 2019 15th →
2019 G20 summit attendees
Host country	Japan
Motto	Ensure Global Sustainable Development
Venue(s)	Intex Osaka
Cities	Osaka; Kobe; & Sapporo
Participants	G20 members Invited bodies:  United Nations  WTO  ASEAN Asian Development Bank International Labour Organization Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Financial Stability Board World Health Organization World Bank
Chair	Shinzō Abe

G20 leaders at Osaka Castle

Participating leaders

• 
   Argentina
  Mauricio Macri, President
• 
   Australia
  Scott Morrison, Prime Minister
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   Brazil
  Jair Bolsonaro, President
• 
   Canada
  Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister
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   China
  Xi Jinping, President
• 
   France
  Emmanuel Macron, President
• 
   Germany
  Angela Merkel, Chancellor
• 
   India
  Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
• 
   Indonesia
  Joko Widodo, President
• 
   Italy
  Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister
• 
   Japan
  Shinzō Abe, Prime Minister (host)
• 
   Mexico
  Marcelo Ebrard, Secretary of Foreign Affairs
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   Russia
  Vladimir Putin, President
• 
   Saudi Arabia
  Mohammad bin Salman, Crown Prince
• 
   South Africa
  Cyril Ramaphosa, President
• 
   Republic of Korea
  Moon Jae-in, President
• 
   Turkey
  Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President
• 
   United Kingdom
  Theresa May, Prime Minister
• 
   United States
  Donald Trump, President
• 
   European Union
  Donald Tusk, President of the European Council^[4]
• 
   European Union
  Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission

Invited guests

• 
   Chile
  Sebastián Piñera, President, Chairperson of APEC
• 
   Egypt
  Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President, Chairperson of the African Union^[5]
• 
   Netherlands
  Mark Rutte, Prime Minister
  Guest invitee
• 
   Senegal
  Macky Sall, President, Chairperson of NEPAD
• 
   Singapore
  Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister
  Guest invitee
• 
   Spain
  Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister
  Permanent guest invitee
• 
   Thailand
  Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister, Chairperson of ASEAN
• 
   Vietnam
  Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Prime Minister
  Guest invitee

International organization guests

• 
  Asian Development Bank
  Takehiko Nakao, President
• 
  Financial Stability Board
  Randal Quarles, President
• 
  International Monetary Fund
  Christine Lagarde, President
• 
  International Labour Organization
  Guy Ryder, Director-General
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  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
  José Ángel Gurría, Secretary-General
• 
  United Nations
  António Guterres, Secretary-General
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  World Bank
  David Malpass, President
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  World Health Organization
  Tedros Adhanom, Director-General
• 
  World Trade Organization
  Roberto Azevêdo, Director-General

Issues

The European Union–Mercosur Free Trade Agreement would form one of the world's largest free trade areas.

Japanese prime minister Abe Shinzō and his spouse Abe Akie welcoming Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro for dinner on 28 June at the Osaka State Guest House

The 2019 G20 Summit discussed eight themes to Ensure Global Sustainable Development.^[6] The eight themes were "Global Economy", "Trade and Investment", "Innovation", "Environment and Energy", "Employment", "Women's Empowerment", "Development" and "Health".^[7]

Regards to "Trade and Investment", support for the necessary reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was agreed.^[8] WHO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo had been participating in the summit, welcomed the communique.^[9]

Regards to "Innovation", necessity of respected and interoperable frameworks on Data Free Flow with Trust, both domestic and international, was discussed.^[8]

Regards to "Environment and Energy", a common global vision, the "Osaka Blue Ocean Vision" which is aiming to reduce additional pollution by marine plastic litter to zero by 2050 through a comprehensive life-cycle approach was shared.^[8]

Leaders' Special Event was also held, and "Digital Economy" and "Women’s Empowerment" were discussed. During the former event, "Osaka Declaration on Digital Economy" was issued,^[10] in which those leaders declared the launch of the "Osaka Track", a process which demonstrates their commitment to promote efforts on international rule-making on digital economy, especially on data flow and electronic commerce.^[11][12] Regards to the latter event, a press release compiling the messages from the leaders on their national measures and commitment regarding women's empowerment was issued after the event.^[13]

Related topics

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China has issued a statement considering the Hong Kong Protests as China's internal affairs on June 24. The Chinese government wanted to delist the Hong Kong issue from the summit's agenda for the year, to avoid possible political and security confrontations between all G20 leaders (from outside China) and China. China has threatened to attack G20 nations suspected for “wrongfully” accusing China.^[14] However, Japanese Prime Minister Abe had raised the issue to President Xi just before the official summit, while some Hong Kong citizens protested in places around the summit venue. Pro-independence leader Chan Ho-tin demonstrated with people from Chinese ethnic minorities like Rebiya Kadeer for Hong Kong, as well as Xinjiang issues.^[15]

On June 29, President of the United States Donald Trump offered North Korea's Kim Jong-un a weekend meeting in the demilitarized zone,^[16] and the 2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit was realized.

See also

• List of G20 summits