G20财长峰会关注货币问题
The Group of 20 nations have a consensus on which way they need to go in terms of currencies. That is the word from Canada's finance minister, Jim Flaherty. He spoke Friday just before the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors began their meeting. Where we're trying to get to is an action plan that will avoid the temptation by some countries to protect their currencies in different ways. None of the G20 members, he explained, wants to be confrontational or leave here without an agreement.
Officials from host South Korea predict some progress will be made on resolving the currency issue.There are growing concerns that many nations may competitively depreciate their currencies to protect exports. Many economists, however, caution not to expect any sort of grand bargain similar to the 1985 Plaza Accord, which addressed the value of the U.S. dollar.Ahead of the G20 session, ministers of the G7 economies huddled. Canada's Flaherty, who chaired those talks, said there was a "frank exchange of views" at the informal meeting
在货币问题的走向的问题上,G20的立场是一致的。这是加拿大财政部长吉姆·弗莱厄蒂(Jim Flaherty)的说法。周五,G20财长和中央银行行长们开始会议之前,他发表了讲话。“我们希望制定出行动计划,能够避免一些国家以不同的方式保护自己的货币。”他说,G20任何一个国家都不希望产生冲突,毫无结果地结束会议。来自东道主韩国的官员预测在解决货币争端方面一定会取得一些进展。现在,大家越来越担心,许多国家会竞争性地使本国货币升值,以促进出口。然而,许多经济体非常谨慎,不期望达成像1985年广场协议那样的一致。当时的协议确定了美元的价值。在G20峰会之前,G7经济体也召开了会议。主持会议的加拿大的弗莱厄蒂表示,在该非正式会议上,大家“坦诚交换了观点”。