After hours of tense negotiation, world leaders of the G20 have signed off on a summit-ending agreement reaffirming a commitment to multilateral trade and a "rules-based international order" – but the real winner may yet be Donald Trump. The message involved a pledge to reform the World Trade Organisation (WTO), with Mr Trump having built his campaign for the presidency on the idea that America was being treated unfairly on trade issues. The EU, and its individual members, had been looking to put pressure on Mr Trump over the issue, given his 'America First' doctrine, but officials said they had felt resistance from Washington on almost every issue.
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