WELCOME TO EUROPE MR.AND MRS. OBAMA - the G20 Summit Build-up
As Mr. and Mrs. Obama arrived in Europe to participate and lead in the G20 Summit, Mr. Obama will find that at least 17 of the participating nations, including the United States, who had promised to fight protectionism at the last G20 Summit, have taken some preliminary actions to limit imports or to make sure that their stimulus money is spent at home.
Mr. Obama therefore has a very difficult task ahead as leader of the worlds most important economic nation in trying to honor his campaign promise for a new form of engagement on the international scene. He and his aides have been working dilengently these past weeks to find, among all the domestic problems they are also facing, a right mix which expresses not only humility but also exercises the US power of influence. It certainly will be a delicate diplomatic posture for Mr. Obama and what makes it even more difficult is that success is not guaranteed and failure is not allowed. Whatever the rhetoric or differences, keeping the firmly established Atlantic alliance between Europe and the US thriving is an essential pillar for the economic well being of the world. So as this G20 gets underway we welcome Mr. and Mrs. Obama and all the other leaders to the European continent - the whole world will be watching this G20 Summit and hoping the results will not be more rhetoric but a first step towards change for the better for all.
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