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G20在德民抗议中召开，看德美俄如何在分歧中破冰

Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- from a different perspective. I'm Suyi

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The upcoming G20 summit in Germany is expected to be a tough one as protectionism continues to pressure global relations and the world economy. The U.S. decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement poses another setback in dealing with the deteriorating environmental issue. Some U.S. scholars are looking at China for greater international leadership.

Meantime, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says it's her role as host of this year's G20 summit to resolve differences.

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said she expected this year's summit follow up on the agenda made in the event in Hangzhou.She also suggested that G20 could use the Belt and Road Initiative, as it brings the region better together as reference to gather more countries in financing investment.

For more on this, CRI' Suyi is now joined by Dr. Hans-peter Burghof, Chair of the Banking and Finance Department at the University of Hohenheim in Germany；John Kirton, co-director of the G20 Research Group at the University of Toronto；and in the studio we have Prof Zhang Jianping, Director General of Center for Regional Economic Cooperation and also Director General at the Institute of West Asia and Africa, with the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation