Finance ministers from the world’s biggest economies dropped a reference to climate change in a draft of their statement at a Group of 20 meeting, frustrating plans by Germany to devote a section to the topic, according to people familiar with the talks.

The Group of 20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Baden-Baden, Germany, was a “first step” to kick start private investment in Africa, Moroccan Finance Minister Mohamed Boussaid said.

Group of 20 finance chiefs remained at odds as they met in Germany, with China leading a defense of the existing rules-based system and the U.S. calling for a recognition that trade must be fair.

Trade should be included in the final document at the Group of 20 talks, reflecting the interests of the nations that gathered in Baden-Baden, Germany, Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison said.

U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond dismissed suggestions that the European Union would refuse to start trade talks until Britain had agreed to settle its Brexit bill as a “negotiating position,” saying he didn’t recognize the amounts suggested that Britain may owe the bloc.

Mark Carney, head of the Financial Stability Board, warned against giving in to “reform fatigue” a decade after the financial crisis, and called on the Group of 20 nations to strengthen regulatory cooperation.