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View: South Africa, the G20, and the new US presidency
South Africa struck the G20 gavel this weekend with a bracing agenda: calling for reforms to global financial architecture, climate justice, and centering Africa’s economic development. It did so with integrity despite the US boycott, which South Africa’s foreign ministry spokesperson called “coercion by absentia.”The summit declaration was a critical win, but the story is not over. Washington’s absence was particularly felt during what would no…
Ultimately, neither President Trump nor his deputy, J.D. Vance, attended the G20 summit in Johannesburg on November 22nd and 23rd, although President Ramaphosa had hinted that the US would participate. The American head of state had previously stated that South Africa did not belong in that organization. Some even believe it possible that next year, if relations do not improve, the presidency—which will then be in American hands—will not extend …
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