Expectations for Obama's First G8 Summit

In this video, Robert C. Fauver, a former US G8 sherpa and now president of Fauver Associates LLC, contextualizes the American priorities and approaches to the 2009 L'Aquila G8 summit. As host of the next G20 summit in Pittsburgh, Mr. Fauver suggests that Barack Obama must attempt to coincide the agendas of the G8 and G20 on economic issues. Progress may be made on climate change cooperation and joint statements on Iran and North Korea are likely, however, major progress on the economic agenda is unlikely. With an expanded slate of issues, he suggests that there is a certain amout of lost opportunities of addressing core economic concerns at the leaders' level.

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News & Politics

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• G8
• G20
• L'Aquila
• United States
• Barack Obama
• Pittsburgh
• economic crisis
• CIGI

[dimsun101]

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[osamabradleybin]

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[user1547name]

You misused the word 'spelt'; that's a type of wheat.

[ReChiD]

Where are the videos highlighting extremely poor countries in the world and displaying the lesser conditions within which they live in comparison to the "globalised western world"??? There should be footage showing countries such as Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand to name a few and also sections of China which go untouched by economic support or aid....lastly go Obama go!!!!

[allunga11]

You spelt Progress wrong in the description box.

[Yzzi94]

omg, i want that tie! O.O