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G20 leaders aim for deal to cut deficits by 2013
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G20 leaders aim for deal to cut deficits by 2013
TORONTO (AFP) - – G20 leaders closed in on a deal to slash national deficits within three years on Sunday, seeking to overcome divisions among world powers on how best to nurture a fragile global economic recovery.
The heads of the world's major industrialized powers agreed to adopt what they dubbed "growth-friendly deficit reduction" proposals, but applied on a country-by-country basis, bowing to concerns from emerging nations.
"Recent events highlight the importance of sustainable public finances," said a draft final summit statement obtained by AFP.
In the document, leaders promise to put in place "plans to deliver fiscal sustainability, differentiated for and tailored to national circumstances."
The deal will mark a minor triumph for European leaders, led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who have pushed to rein in ballooning debt despite fears from the United States that it would stifle fledgling growth.
Merkel stressed, however, that the deal, which also includes a plan for nations to stabilize or reduce government debt-to-GDP ratios by 2016, would only apply to the most developed industrialized nations.
"This is an important common goal that will lead to sustainable growth," she told reporters. "We as Europeans can say that our path has found support.
"The timetable to cut deficits in half til 2013 is clearly an exit strategy," Merkel continued, adding it was a "very ambitious" plan reached after discussions with the United States.
Signs emerged late Saturday at the start of two-day G20 summit in downtown Toronto that America, the world's top economy despite its 1.3-trillion-dollar deficit, was prepared to go along with proposals to halve public debt by 2013.
US President Barack Obama told British Prime Minister David Cameron that despite "differentiated responses" to the financial meltdown, "we're aiming at the same direction: long-term sustainable growth."
Britain, along with France and Germany, have already led moves to slash back record public deficits.
But Brazil warned Europe's plans to radically cut government spending would hurt emerging economies, comments echoed by UN chief Ban Ki-moon.
"If the cuts take place in advanced countries it is worse, because instead of stimulating growth they pay more attention to fiscal adjustments," said Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega.
Ban also warned the G20 working dinner that the challenge facing the group had changed from when it last came together in Pittsburgh in September.
"Let me emphasize this evening that, under any circumstances we must not balance budgets on the backs of the world's poorest people," he said.
Canadian officials who first floated the three-year debt reduction timetable acknowledged it was a challenge to win everyone over to their side.
"Nobody said agreeing specific targets was going to be easy," Canadian government spokesman Dimitri Soudas acknowledged early Sunday.
If a deal is reached "it will be the first time that G20 leaders will have specific agreements... that will set out a path towards fiscal consolidation," he stressed.
The G20 talks opened late Saturday on the heels of a G8 summit, ringed by tight security that has seen some 20,000 police deployed around Toronto.
Violence flared Saturday on the fringes of a large demonstration, with police saying they had arrested 480 people, some of whom had been charged.
While G8 leaders acknowledged in their final statement Saturday that economic recovery remained "fragile," they focused more on international security issues.
The leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States demanded Iran reveal the extent of its nuclear program in transparent talks. Related article:Toronto police use tear gas to combat G20 'thugs'
They also condemned North Korea's alleged torpedo attack on a South Korean warship and urged Afghanistan to boost efforts to take charge of its security.
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