G20, Africa and Trump
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As he brought the gavel down on a G20 summit with a tongue-in-cheek dig at the US, 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.
American economist Jeffrey Sachs roasted U.S. President Donald Trump in a fiery address at UNISA and slammed the POTUS for skipping the G20 Summit in South Africa. Sachs claimed Trump and the U.S. are wary of China's rise and that the U.
When Donald Trump announced that no one from his administration would attend the first G20 summit to be held on African soil, South Africa’s president shot back: “their loss”. The summit will go ahead,
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa claims the U.S. requested G20 attendance while the White House maintains it will boycott the November conference.
Canada PM Mark Carney believes the world can progress without the US, highlighting a significant G-20 meeting in Johannesburg despite Donald Trump's boycott. Here's what he said on new ties with India,
Anthony Albanese has wrapped up his G20 jaunt to South Africa by recommitting Australia to global climate action and open trade in a joint declaration broadly seen as rebuking Donald Trump.
In a joint statement, the leaders reaffirmed their commitment to Ukraine, which faces the prospect of losing American support if it rejects the latest proposal.
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni stunned world leaders at the G20 in Johannesburg, unveiling a sweeping call for genuine partnership with Africa—focused on fair trade, debt relief, and innovation. Her fiery speech exposed the failures of past globalization and declared a new “Maté Plan” for shared growth.