今夜にもＧ７財務相会議　新型コロナ対策で―麻生氏

　麻生太郎財務相は１７日の閣議後記者会見で、同日夜にも先進７カ国（Ｇ７）財務相による電話会議が開かれるとの見通しを示した。新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大を受け、経済対策などを話し合う。財務相会議を定期的に行うとしたＧ７首脳声明を踏まえ「（開催は）今晩くらい」と語った。
　麻生氏は財務相会議に関し、「（国家非常事態宣言を出した）米国がどういった対応をするか聞いておいた方がいい」と指摘。開催頻度については「毎日することもあるし、１週間に１度のこともある」との認識を示した。（2020/03/17-11:41）

The finance ministers of the Group of Seven major industrial countries may hold a conference call as early as Tuesday night Japan time, Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said the same day.
   The ministers from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States are expected to discuss economic measures to minimize the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The ministers will hold the teleconference "around tonight," Aso told a press conference after a cabinet meeting.
   The move comes after the leaders of the G-7 countries called on their finance ministers to "coordinate on a weekly basis" over the new coronavirus, in a statement issued after their emergency videoconference held on Monday.
   "It's advisable for us to hear what measures will be taken by the United States, which has declared a national emergency over the pandemic, Aso said regarding the expected conference call. The G-7 finance ministers may hold such a conference call "every day or once a week," he added.
   Meanwhile, Aso praised the Bank of Japan's decision on Monday to implement additional monetary easing measures, saying, "An appropriate response, such as supplying ample liquidity, was taken."