The
G-20 groups Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union.
"The
Group of 20 was first established in the wake of the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s as a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors. Its goals were to bring stability to financial markets and to promote economic cooperation […].
With the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008, the
G-20 was seen as the most effective forum to lead global efforts to stem the crisis and mitigate its effects."
(Government of Canada,
About the G-20, 2010, visited 2010-06-24)