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With the United States boycotting the summit, other nations sought to strike new deals, and some took a tougher tone with President Trump.
The G20's role in fixing economic crises is threatened by geopolitical fractures, leaders warned Saturday at a summit in South Africa boycotted by the United States.European leaders attending the G20 summit -- the first held in Africa -- huddled on its sidelines to push back at a unilateral plan by US President Donald Trump aimed at ending the war in Ukraine on terms favouring Russia.
Born of crisis but torn by years of tensions among its members, the Group of 20 major economies scored a rare victory this weekend for multilateralism after overcoming the boycott and objections of its most powerful member,
PM Mark Carney evoked the legacy of Nelson Mandela while in South Africa, praising fellow world leaders for collaborating during global volatility.
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US president Donald Trump's efforts to derail a successful wrap-up of the G20 summit in Johannesburg failed. Trump boycotted the meeting and the US told other countries through diplomatic channels not to sign a communiqué.
As he brought the gavel down on a G20 summit with a tongue-in-cheek dig at the United States, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa struck a defiant note towards the isolationist stance of President Donald Trump and his self-imposed exile from multilateral bodies Washington once championed.
India successfully ensured that the key priorities of its G20 Presidency were reflected in the G20 South African Summit Leaders' Declaration, with the document prominently echoing the concerns of the Global South and reaffirming several commitments initiated under India's leadership.