G7 fails to reach debt deal
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Hopes of a deal to write off completely the debts of some of the world&#39;s poorest countries were dashed after the Group of Seven rich nations club failed to reach agreement.
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WASHINGTON The world&#39;s economic powers, which ended three days of meetings yesterday, insisted they are moving closer to a deal on debt relief for Iraq and other poor nations even though an agreement has proved elusive.
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Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi gave few fresh clues on Friday on how Tokyo will respond to Europe's concerns over yen weakness at talks among the Group of Seven (G7) industrial powers this weekend.
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The world's seven wealthiest nations said Saturday they were willing to take on up to 100 percent of the debt owed by some of the poorest countries. But they failed to agree on a British plan to boost international aid by &#36;50 billion a year.
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Europe and Japan failed yesterday to persuade the United States to address the decline in the dollar, despite talks at a fractious meeting of the Group of 20 industrialised and developing nations.
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The International Monetary Fund appears to be unable to agree on a debt relief plan for the world's poorest nations.
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The G7 group of industrialised nations, led by the UK, agrees to freeze debt repayments by tsunami-stricken countries.
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The Group of Seven wealthy nations on  Saturday pledged to help rid the world's poorest countries of  their crippling debt, launching a program that fell short of  the immediate action demanded by Africa.
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Legal action is threatened after American and European trade leaders fail to agree on how government can help the aerospace rivals.
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The United States, Germany and other G7  nations agreed Saturday to write off up to 80 percent or $33  billion of Iraq's Paris Club debt, which could pave the way for  a wider international accord, officials said.
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France, Britain and Germany failed to  reach a deal with Iran on Wednesday under which Tehran would  scrap its uranium enrichment program in exchange for nuclear  power technology, but the two sides agreed to meet again.
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The world's seven leading industrial nations called on Friday for freezing debt payments owed by countries devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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The group of 20, G20, finance leaders of the richest, most powerful and emerging economies have begun discussions on a range of financial issues, with the weak dollar officially off the agenda but expected to dominate the meeting.
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Global markets were down Thursday despite a plan by five central banks to inject capital into the banking system to ease credit fears.
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The G8 meeting is off to a rocky start, as protesters stymie transportation and Putin lobs threats.
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The dollar slid back toward last week's record low against the euro on Monday after a weekend meeting of world finance chiefs ended with no agreement to stem the greenback's decline.
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Negotiators from the European Union and South America's four-nation Mercosur trade bloc on Wednesday failed to reach agreement on a deal to keep alive their attempt to create the world's biggest free-trade area.