global order. the g20 represents, obviously, the 20 biggest industrial economies in the world. it represents about 80% of global trade, two-thirds of the world s2/3 of the world s population, and the protesters from environment issal a groups and worker rights group, and they say that the world not working properly, and they blame the people in that conference center nearly five miles from here for running a world that is not good for the environment and is not good for people who are living in condition of poverty. richard engel, for us there in buenos aires. and president trump is sitting down as you can see with the bilat with japan s prime minister shinzo abe. you is see the president flanked by the advisers mike pompeo, secretary of state, he is there can we listen in?
together from 19 countries and the european union. the g20 was initially formed after the financial crisis of 1997 which revealed just how vulnerable the international financial system was at the time. it is often now overshadowed by the world s pressing issues and the crises that leaders have to deal with these days. the g20 leaders summit brings together the heads of state for formal meetings and equally important are the side bar meetings that president obama is having with the leaders of china, france, and japan. of course this year the big focus, the side bars, that is the crisis in syria. you can see with this map here what a huge portion of the world the g20 represents. even though it is only 20 countries, two-thirds of the world s population lives here. the countries involved are argentina, australia, brazil, canada, china, france, germany, india, indonesia, italy, japan, mexico, russia, saudi arabia, south africa, south korea, turkey, the u.k. and the united