The G20 are hampered by a shifting agenda that makes it difficult to maintain a coherent focus. The Chinese Presidency would like to effect a concentration on classical G20 themes, especially those related to economic and financial policy. Furthermore, a multiyear thematic agenda would be helpful to focus the members’ political attention and to thereby facilitate longer-term initiatives. This document shows possible starting points of a collaboration between the 2016 Chinese presidency and the following German presidency in 2017.
