Leaders from the worlds top 20 economies have gathered in Washington to discuss how best to tackle the global financial crisis.
The emergency summit is already being compared to a key post-World War II ecomomic settlement known as Bretton Woods.
The Bretton Woods accord led to the creation of both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
Al Jazeera's John Terret, reporting from Bretton Woods, New Hampshire in the US, asks if the G20 summit can live up to such high expectations.
