For sake of G-20 unity, Japan aims to keep conflicts backstage

When Japan hosts the Group of 20 summit this week for the first time, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will put his coordination skills to the test as a prolonged U.S.-China trade war threatens to darken the outlook for the global economy.A top priority for Abe is to keep the G-20 together after recent meetings between leading economies have exposed divisions over contentious issues, while emphasizing to other leaders the need to maintain the rules-based multilateral trading system that has been shaken."We want to make it a meeting that focuses on where we can agree and cooperate rather than highl…READ FULL ARTICLE