G-20 Sees Need for 'Dialogue,' Fails to Defuse Trade War Threat

The world's financial leaders rejected protectionism Tuesday and urged "further dialogue" on trade, but failed to blunt the threat of a trade war days before U.S. metals tariffs take effect and Washington is to announce measures against China. Finance ministers and central bankers of the world's 20 biggest economies, which represent 75 percent of world trade and 85 percent of global gross domestic product, discussed trade disruptions as a risk to growth at a two-day...

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