Germany's Klingbeil Condemns U.S. Ban on 3 News Outlets at G20 Meeting
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Updated · Citizen Times · Aug 31
Germany's Klingbeil Condemns U.S. Ban on 3 News Outlets at G20 Meeting
3 articles · Updated · Citizen Times · Aug 31
Summary
Lars Klingbeil said at the Asheville G20 finance meeting that excluding journalists was “unacceptable,” after the U.S. barred reporters from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg.
The German finance minister framed the dispute as a press-freedom issue, saying he was “an absolute advocate of a free and independent press” and that media had a legitimate interest in reporting openly on the gathering.
The access row erupted as U.S.-hosted G20 meetings run from Aug. 29 to Sept. 1 in Asheville under Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, bringing finance ministers and central bank governors together ahead of the leaders summit in Miami in December.
The meeting is also unfolding amid local protests and heightened security, adding political friction to a forum officially focused on growth, banking policy and other global economic priorities.