Remarks by President Obama at G20 Press Conference in Toronto,

From the speech devoted primarily to the journalists, it may be expected to be more entertaining and not so serious; nevertheless, nearly the contrary is rather true. As the speech is dealing not only with American-Canadian relationships but with G20 groups such serious tone is quite appropriate. It does not, however, mean that no humorous hints are presented or that the speech would be boring. Though the reactions from the audience are very sporadic during the speech itself the members of the audience have the opportunity to put the question.

Furthermore, after the obligatory introductory necessities such as to thank for the hospitality of Canada, Obama is omitting to comment on mutual relationships in history and directly continues by depicting the main points of the speech, i.e. to explain the results of G20 meeting: " The G20 is now the premier forum for international economic cooperation. We represent East and West, North and South, advanced economies and those still emerging. Our challenges are as diverse as our nations. But we together represent some of 85 per cent of the global economy, and we have forged a coordinated response to the worst global economic crisis in our time". It is evident from these previous lines that the main concerns of the speech itself are economic crisis and the solutions that are necessary to stifle it in international economy and politics.

Obama is trying to suggest concrete solutions to the discussed problems and if he is talking about the steps that have been done he is quite willing to explain particularities, such as in: “That's why I've set the goal of doubling our exports over the next five years - an increase that would support millions of jobs in the United States. It's why I've launched a national export initiative to help meet this goal. It's why I've focused earlier this week on deepening our economic cooperation with Russia - which would benefit both of our countries - including restarting our poultry exports, and accelerating our efforts to Russia's entry into WTO". Truly, passages like this one does not bring nothing specifically extraordinary or something that would be marked as worth pointing in the future. On the other hand, it is rather agreeable to see at least the attempt to reveal a bit of concrete actions. To be fair it must be, however, reminded that also the general clichйs have been proclaimed, e.g.: " Indeed, that's the purpose of these meetings. We can bridge our differences. We can coordinate our approaches. And we can continue our relentless focus on durable growth that puts our people to work and broadens prosperity for the world". Dispassionateness, however, surpasses vapid persuasion.

The questions that have been written by members of the conference just before the speech itself are quite smart and require smart answers. Yet Obama proves to be a skilful speaker and is reacting quite immediately, though sometimes he must reformulate his original idea by repeating the part of the sentence that has been just delivered or by starting a completely new sentence.