At the political level, the G20 can serve, as it always does, as a platform to bridge divisions and build up consensus. Within the G20 framework, broader anti-virus cooperation requires China and the United States, the world's top two economies, to find ways to work together.
"Geopolitical and trade tensions could damage fragile global relationships at a time when trade is projected to collapse by around 12 percent," IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath has warned.
China hawks in Washington should stop taking advantage of the pandemic to attack China and stoke geopolitical tensions, because such poisonous schemes will only undermine joint efforts to defeat the virus and salvage the global economy.
As major economies, G20 members' decisions bear global and far-reaching significance.
Sitting side by side with his G20 colleagues last year in Osaka, Xi warned against allowing themselves "to become prisoners of short-term interests" and "irrevocable mistakes of historic consequences."
He also said that "by expanding common interests and taking a long-term view, we can realize enduring peace and prosperity in the world and deliver a better life to all our people."
The coronavirus pandemic is indeed a monumental test for the human race's ability to come together to face off a shared critical threat. Failure is not an option and the G20 has no other choice but to lead.
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