Australia's Finance Minister Wayne Swan arrives prior to the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel near Horsham, in southern England March 13, 2009. Reuters Pictures 8 months ago

Australia's Finance Minister Wayne Swan arrives prior to the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel near Horsham, in southern England March 13, 2009.

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  1. Chilean Maria Olivia Recart (FRONT/R) talks with Charimen of FMM Tharman Shanmugaratnam (C) as Australia's Wayne Swan (L) and Vu Van Ninh of Vietnam look on among finance and trade ministers as they for a group photograph during a break at a plenary meeting in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on November 12, 2009. Asia-Pacific economies led by the United States and China opened annual talks with calls to fight protectionism or risk reversing the region's 'fragile' economic rebound. Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said 'resisting protectionism' was the topmost concern, as foreign and trade ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group met in advance of a weekend summit here.

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  1. Australian Finance Minister Wayne Swan (R) listens to his unseen Singapore counterpart Tharman Shanmugaratnam speaks during the official dinner for finance ministers in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Singapore on November 12, 2009. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said a strong dollar was 'very important' to the United States and praised China's role in the global economic recovery. After an Asia-Pacific meeting here, Geithner also said President Barack Obama's US administration would persist with its hefty stimulus spending for now.
  2. Thailand's Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanji (L), International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (C) and Australia's Treasurer Wayne Swan attend the Finance Ministers Meeting Official Dinner during the APEC Summit in Singapore November 12, 2009.
  3. Australian Minister Wayne Swan (L) addresses a press conference by Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) finance ministers in Singapore on November 12, 2009, on the sidelines of the APEC summit. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said that a strong dollar was 'very important' to the United States and praised China's role in the global economic recovery.
  4. IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (L) talks with Chilean Maria Olivia Recart (R) and Chairmen of FMM Tharman Shanmugaratnam (C) as Haruhiko Kuroda ( 2nd row L) of Asian Development Bank, Australia's Wayne Swan and Vietnam's Tran Xuan ha look on prior to a group photograph of finance and trade minister during a break at a plenary meeting in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on November 12, 2009. Asia-Pacific economies led by the United States and China opened annual talks with calls to fight protectionism or risk reversing the region's 'fragile' economic rebound. Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said 'resisting protectionism' was the topmost concern, as foreign and trade ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group met in advance of a weekend summit here.
  5. Chilean Maria Olivia Recart (FRONT/R) talks with Charimen of FMM Tharman Shanmugaratnam (C) as Australia's Wayne Swan (L) and Vu Van Ninh of Vietnam look on among finance and trade ministers as they for a group photograph during a break at a plenary meeting in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on November 12, 2009. Asia-Pacific economies led by the United States and China opened annual talks with calls to fight protectionism or risk reversing the region's 'fragile' economic rebound. Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said 'resisting protectionism' was the topmost concern, as foreign and trade ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group met in advance of a weekend summit here.
  6. Chilean Maria Olivia Recart (FRONT/R) talks with Charimen of FMM Tharman Shanmugaratnam (C) as Australia's Wayne Swan (L) and Tran Xuan Ha of Vietnam look on among finance and trade ministers as they for a group photograph during a break at a plenary meeting in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on November 12, 2009. Asia-Pacific economies led by the United States and China opened annual talks with calls to fight protectionism or risk reversing the region's 'fragile' economic rebound. Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said 'resisting protectionism' was the topmost concern, as foreign and trade ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group met in advance of a weekend summit here.
  7. Finance and trade ministers (BACK ROW, L-R) Ricardo Ochao of Mexico, China's Zhu Guangyao, Brunei's Pehin Dato Abd Rahman, Wayne Swan of Australia, Vietnam's Tran Xuan Ha, Robert B. Zoellick of World Bank, Thailand's Korn Chatikavanji, Malaysia's Ahmad Husni, Japan's Shinichito Furumoto, Sush-der Lee of Taiwan and Benjamin Poponawa of Papua New Guinea (FRONT ROW L-R) Russia's Alexey Kudrin, Bill English of New Zealand, Phillippines's Margarito Teves, Dominique Strauss-Kahn of IMF, Sri Mulyani Indrawati of Indonesia, Chairman of FMM Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Timothy Geithner of United States, Chile's Maria Olivia Recart, Canada's James Flaherty, Claudia Cooper of Peru, Hong Kong's John Tsang and Korea's Shin Je Yoon pose for a group photograph during a break at a plenary meeting in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on November 12, 2009. Asia-Pacific economies led by the United States and China opened annual talks with calls to fight protectionism or risk reversing the region's 'fragile' economic rebound. Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said 'resisting protectionism' was the topmost concern, as foreign and trade ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group met in advance of a weekend summit here.
  8. Finance and trade ministers (BACK ROW, L-R) Ricardo Ochao of Mexico, China's Zhu Guangyao, Brunei's Pehin Dato Abd Rahman, Wayne Swan of Australia, Vietnam's Tran Xuan Ha, Robert B. Zoellick of World Bank, Thailand's Korn Chatikavanji, Malaysia's Ahmad Husni, Japan's Shinichito Furumoto, Sush-der Lee of Taiwan and Benjamin Poponawa of Papua New Guinea (FRONT ROW L-R) Russia's Alexey Kudrin, Bill English of New Zealand, Phillippines's Margarito Teves, Dominique Strauss-Kahn of IMF, Sri Mulyani Indrawati of Indonesia, Chairman of FMM Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Timothy Geithner of United States, Chile's Maria Olivia Recart, Canada's James Flaherty, Claudia Cooper of Peru, Hong Kong's John Tsang and Korea's Shin Je Yoon pose for a group photograph during a break at a plenary meeting in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on November 12, 2009. Asia-Pacific economies led by the United States and China opened annual talks with calls to fight protectionism or risk reversing the region's 'fragile' economic rebound. Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said 'resisting protectionism' was the topmost concern, as foreign and trade ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group met in advance of a weekend summit here.
  9. Finance and trade ministers (BACK ROW, L-R) Ricardo Ochao of Mexico, China's Zhu Guangyao, Brunei's Pehin Dato Abd Rahman, Wayne Swan of Australia, Vietnam's Tran Xuan Ha, Robert B. Zoellick of World Bank, Thailand's Korn Chatikavanji, Malaysia's Ahmad Husni, Japan's Shinichito Furumoto, Sush-der Lee of Taiwan and Benjamin Poponawa of Papua New Guinea (FRONT ROW L-R) Russia's Alexey Kudrin, Bill English of New Zealand, Phillippines's Margarito Teves, Dominique Strauss-Kahn of IMF, Sri Mulyani Indrawati of Indonesia, Chairman of FMM Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Timothy Geithner of United States, Chile's Maria Olivia Recart, Canada's James Flaherty, Claudia Cooper of Peru, Hong Kong's John Tsang and Korea's Shin Je Yoon pose for a group photograph during a break at a plenary meeting in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on November 12, 2009. Asia-Pacific economies led by the United States and China opened annual talks with calls to fight protectionism or risk reversing the region's 'fragile' economic rebound. Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said 'resisting protectionism' was the topmost concern, as foreign and trade ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group met in advance of a weekend summit here.
  10. Australia's finance minister Wayne Swan right, chats with U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner after a official photo for APEC Finance Ministers in Singapore, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. Singapore will host 21 world leaders at the APEC summit later in the week.
  11. Australia's finance minister Wayne Swan right, chats with U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner after a official photo for APEC Finance Ministers in Singapore, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. Singapore will host 21 world leaders at the APEC summit later in the week.
  12. Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan (L) listens as Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati speaks at a news conference following a bilateral meeting and a presentation of a joint draft study on climate change policy in Indonesia during a ceremony in Jakarta on November 10, 2009.
  13. Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati (L) and Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan (R) arrive at a press conference following a bilateral meeting and a presentation of a joint draft study on climate change policy in Indonesia during a ceremony in Jakarta on November 10, 2009.
  14. Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan (L) and Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati (R) reach out to shake hands following a bilateral meeting and a presentation of a joint draft study on climate change policy in Indonesia during a ceremony in Jakarta on November 10, 2009.
  15. Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati (L) greets Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan before a meeting in Jakarta November 10, 2009.
  16. Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati (L) greets Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan before a meeting in Jakarta November 10, 2009.

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