After considering the background to the G20 summit meetings after the recent global economic and financial crisis, this paper aims to identify the trade agenda that represents Asia's concerns for the global and regional trading system. Asia, in particular East Asia, has played an important role...

As a result of the emergence of the G20 as the self-appointed "premier forum for international economic cooperation", Asia's expanded participation in G-summitry has attracted considerable attention. As original G7 member Japan is joined by Australia, China, Indonesia, India and South Korea,...