G-20 and IMFC Joint Press Briefing
April 20, 2012
MR. RICE: I am Anna Varone (¿Ana Baron?) from Clarin Argentina. This is a question for Jose Antonio Meade. Before the meeting of the G-20, Mexico said that it was going to take to the G-20 the problem of the nationalization of the oil company in Argentina, YPF. I wanted to know if there were discussions on this subject. And also, there is kind of talk that Argentina, because of this and many other things, should be getting out of the G-20. There is today an editorial in The Washington Post. I would like to know if there is any reaction inside the G-20 about this.
MR. MEADE: The G-20 is a forum for constructive consensus. It is a forum for coordination of policies. It is a forum that has brought its best, I think, in these times of crisis in order for the international community to get together and decide how we should proceed. It is a forum that is committed to free trade and that advocates free trade as a rule. It is a forum that recognizes the importance of avoiding protectionism, which was highlighted at the communiqué level. But it is not a forum that deals with specific disputes or bilateral issues, so in that sense, I think that what you will see in the Communiqué--and that reflects, I think, what was debated at the G-20 level--is that we remain committed as a Group to free trade, that we remain committed as a Group to international protectionism, that it is a forum that privileges coordination and that privileges the things that we agree upon and that are reflected in the Communiqué, and it is not a forum, I think, for bilateral debate.
MR. RICE: I am Anna Varone (¿Ana Baron?) from Clarin Argentina. This is a question for Jose Antonio Meade. Before the meeting of the G-20, Mexico said that it was going to take to the G-20 the problem of the nationalization of the oil company in Argentina, YPF. I wanted to know if there were discussions on this subject. And also, there is kind of talk that Argentina, because of this and many other things, should be getting out of the G-20. There is today an editorial in The Washington Post. I would like to know if there is any reaction inside the G-20 about this.
MR. MEADE: The G-20 is a forum for constructive consensus. It is a forum for coordination of policies. It is a forum that has brought its best, I think, in these times of crisis in order for the international community to get together and decide how we should proceed. It is a forum that is committed to free trade and that advocates free trade as a rule. It is a forum that recognizes the importance of avoiding protectionism, which was highlighted at the communiqué level. But it is not a forum that deals with specific disputes or bilateral issues, so in that sense, I think that what you will see in the Communiqué--and that reflects, I think, what was debated at the G-20 level--is that we remain committed as a Group to free trade, that we remain committed as a Group to international protectionism, that it is a forum that privileges coordination and that privileges the things that we agree upon and that are reflected in the Communiqué, and it is not a forum, I think, for bilateral debate.
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Dios, por qué será que los diplomáticos viven en tal nube de pedos?
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