MWE <- list("Argentina -2.0 1.4", "G20 6.9 0.7", "United Kingdom 1.3 2.3", "EU28 6.6 2.8")
MWE_1 <- gsub("^([A-Za-z]+(?: [A-Za-z]+)*|G20|EU28)\\b.*$", "\\1",MWE)
MWE_1
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