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Leading and emerging nations will commit this week to pursuing responsible economic policies that do not hurt each other's prospects with protectionism or currency devaluations, according to a draft G20 statement.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to strike a decidedly anti-protectionist note in an address to Congress, telling lawmakers that the "major challenges we all face are global."

President says he wants to find way to keep campaign pledge to add labor and environmental standards to NAFTA without disrupting trade.