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Date Posted: Monday, June 20, 11:14:28pm
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傳媒朋友請小心翻譯G7同G8 (見內文)
's message, "G8 = 八大「工業國」？ 咁G15叫乜？G30又係乜?" on Monday, June 13, 11:33:14pm
The members of the Group of Seven (G-7) are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, which together account for about TWO-THIRDS of the world's economic output.
The leaders of these LARGEST INDUSTRIALIZED DEMORACIES have met annually since 1975 to discuss major economic and political issues.
The Group of Eight (G-8) comprises the G-7 nations plus Russia. Russia began to participate in a portion of the meetings at the 1994 G-7 Summit in Naples. Russia officially became the eighth member at the 1997 Denver, Colorado, "Summit of the Eight."
While Russia is a G-8 member, it DOES NOT participate in financial and economic discussions, which continue to be conducted by the G-7. Russia has the G-8's SMALLEST ECONOMY. (The Size of the G-8 Economies)
G-7 Finance Ministers meet four times a year to review developments in their economies and the world economy and to develop common approaches on international economic and financial policy issues.
The G-7 Central Bank Governors join the Finance Ministers at three of these meetings. The three are the first meeting of the year, held in January or February, then the gatherings just before both International Monetary Fund(IMF)/World Bank meetings, which are usually in April and in September. At the conclusion of these meetings, the G-7 ministers usually issue a statement on economic conditions and policies. On rare occasions, the finance ministers hold additional unscheduled consultations during the year and issue statements on specific economic issues.
The G-7 Finance Ministers also meet shortly before the G-8 Summit to discuss issues that will be taken up at the Summit. At the conclusion of this meeting, the G-7 Ministers typically release reports to the leaders on subjects that are on the Summit's agenda.
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