Another backburner issue, according to the Financial Times, is whether G20 agreements should be binding. Right now, they aren’t, and that suits countries accustomed to acting autonomously, such as the US and China, just fine. But for countries like the EU members, who are used to being held to the decisions they make with other countries, the idea of legally binding agreements among G20 members doesn’t sound so bad. It’s unlikely they’ll be able to sell the idea to the US or China, though.
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The G20's top points of contention
4. Binding agreements
