This G20 summit must start new dialogue about multilateralism
If nothing else, the summit is an opportunity to focus minds on the dangers of ongoing inaction and cutbacks in social spending and investment in fractured democracies such as SA
20 November 2020 - 12:52
For all of its branding as “the premier forum for international economic co-operation”, let’s recall that the G20 was born under a bad sign. The heads of state first met in the maw of the 2008 financial crisis, in the dying days of the Bush administration.
Now, as they limp towards a low-expectation summit in the twilight of the Trump era, under the presidency of a Saudi Arabia struggling to launder its global reputation, the stars look just as bad...
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