Uncertainty about U.S. intentions hangs over G20 finance ministers
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Bill Morneau will trumpet Canada’s firm belief in a rules-based, multilateral trading system when his G20 counterparts host Donald Trump’s new treasury secretary for the first time this weekend, officials say.
A senior Finance Department official, who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity, said the uncertainty of U.S. financial policy under Donald Trump is set to dominate the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors.
Morneau expects to be a popular person when he meets his counterparts in the German city of Baden-Baden.
That’s because he’s already met some high-level Trump administration officials, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who will be making his G20 debut, the official said.