Donald Trump’s unprecedented move to withdraw the US from the G20 summit this weekend has cast a pall over the first such gathering in Africa and marks a break with Washington’s previous role in multilateral governance.
The US will not participate at any level in the Johannesburg event, the first time any G20 member has totally boycotted the annual leaders’ gathering in its 26-year history. Not only will Trump shun the event, but the US will not send any officials.
That has cast into doubt its future as a forum for co-ordinating major global issues such as trade and financial stability among the world’s biggest economies.
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