G-20 Finance Chiefs Are Optimistic About Settling Trade Disputes

BALI, Indonesia—Finance chiefs representing 20 of the world’s largest economies are hopeful they can help resolve the trade tensions that have emerged over the past year among their membership but achieved no breakthrough this week.

The Group of 20 finance ministers met on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, to discuss the importance of settling trade disagreements that have begun to take a toll on economic growth and financial markets, according to Argentina’s Treasury minister, Nicolás Dujovne.