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The Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (also known as the G-20, G20, and Group of Twenty) is a group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 major economies: 19 countries plus the European Union, which is represented by the President of the European Council and by the European Central Bank.

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EU Files WTO Complaint Against Argentina On Import Controls

The European Union Friday filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization challenging Argentina's import regulations, part of a plan to pressure President Cristina Kirchner on a range of policies that are angering the world's largest economies.

EU officials say Argentina's decision last month to nationalize oil and gas producer YPF SA (YPF), a unit of Spanish oil company Repsol YPF SA (REP.MC), was only the most recent in a series of moves by Kirchner's government that have harmed foreign investors and manufacturers.Friday's complaint at the WTO, the Geneva-based arbiter of trade disputes, doesn't mention the nationalization of YPF, which doesn't violate WTO rules, two of the EU officials say. But the nationalization has convinced European officials that more forceful action is needed to fix the deteriorating economic relationship between Europe and Argentina."The trade and investment climate in Argentina is clearly getting worse," EU trade commissioner Karel De Gucht said in a statem...

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