This agreement marks another milestone in the history of modern Iraq. Once again, Iraqis are showing their determination to unify Iraq and build its...

Now, here in Seoul, once again, we are very grateful to our hosts -- President Lee, and the people of Seoul and South Korea -- for your extraordinary...

The actions we took were not always easy or popular. But they were necessary. As a result, the global economy is growing again. Some economies, especially...

Nor have we yet achieved the balanced global growth that we need. Many advanced economies are growing too slowly and not creating enough jobs. Some...

First, we agreed to keep focusing on growth. At home, the United States has been doing our part by making historic investments in infrastructure and...

Second, we agreed that exchange rates must reflect economic realities. Just as the major advanced economies need to keep working to preserve stability...

Fourth, we agreed to focus on development as a key driver of economic growth. The work we did here today builds on a new development policy that I...

And that's why I spoke very frankly to my G20 partners today about the prospects of the Doha Round. For just as emerging economies have gained a greater...

So with that, let me take a few questions. And I’ll start off with Julianna Goldman of Bloomberg.

Well, I’ve always said that I’m not interested in signing a trade agreement just for the sake of an announcement. I’m interested in trade agreements...

The answer to the second question is no. I think what we’ve seen over the last several days as we’ve traveled through Asia is that people are eager...

Well, I don’t have a crystal ball, Ben, but I will say this. First of all, we’ve grown the economy by a million jobs over the last year. So that’s...

I’ve been very clear and persistent since I came into office that we welcome China’s rise; we think the fact that China has grown as remarkably...

That's not how I remember it. I remember our first G20 you guys writing the exact same stories you're writing now about the exact same issues. Don't...

And I guess what I’m saying is, is that I actually think that my relationships have grown much stronger with the people who I’ve worked with here.

When...

That is the wrong interpretation because I haven’t had a conversation with Republican and Democratic leaders. Here’s the right interpretation....

Oh, I see. (Laughter.)

Well, the middle class in the United States saw their real wages go down 5 percent over the period of 2001 to 2009, at the same time as all their costs...

What about compliments? You didn’t put that in the list. There was only complaints, concerns, or -- (laughter.) You know, there was not a lot of...

I think what it means is that in the absence of crisis people probably are willing to hunker down a little bit more on some of the negotiations. Speed...

Well, it’s wonderful to see you.

Absolutely.

Well, your English is better than my Mandarin also. (Laughter.) But -- now, in fairness, though, I did say that I was going to let the Korean press...

Well, it depends on whether there’s a Korean reporter who would rather have the question. No, no takers?

This is getting more complicated than I expected. (Laughter.)

Well, the -- as I said, I was going to -- go ahead and ask your question, but I want to make sure that the Korean press gets a question as well.

With a wonderful press conference like this that give me the opportunity hopefully to provide my own interpretation. But, look, you make a valid point....

Right.

Well, first of all, beef was not the only issue that was of concern. In fact, a larger concern had to do with autos. And the concern is very simple....