G20 summit: Q&A -- What is the G20 London summit and why does it matter?

The Guardian

Andrew Sparrow
March 25, 2009

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What's going on and why does it matter?

On Thursday 2 April Gordon Brown is going to host the G20 summit in London. At face

value, the aims of the meeting are hugely ambitious and, with the world in recession, the

organisers have suggested that this event could make a significant contribution to global

economic recovery. It's also important domestically, because the Labour government is

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