Interview: World of multi-polar system needs open, fair trade: economist

ROME, May 25 (Xinhua) -- The Group of Seven (G7) finance meeting concluded with a call for international cooperation, an economist said here on Saturday.

"There's an increasing recognition that the only way to confront global challenges is for countries to work together," Javier Noriega, an economist with Milan-based investment bank Hildebrandt and Ferrar, said in an interview with Xinhua.

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