"Leaders at this year's G20 summit in South Africa sounded the alarm that the group's relevance and effectiveness were at grave risk in the face of escalating geopolitical conflicts and a world order that is dramatically shifting. Founded in the late 1990s in part by former prime minister Paul Martin, the Group of 20 has met every year since 2008 with a focus on international economic and financial stability."
"We are struggling to resolve major crises together around this table, said French President Emmanuel Macron at the opening of the summit, adding that the G20 may be coming to the end of a cycle. At the heart of this rupture in the global world order, to borrow Prime Minister Mark Carney's description, is the United States and President Donald Trump."
The G20 was founded in the late 1990s and has met annually since 2008 to focus on international economic and financial stability. The South Africa summit highlighted grave risks to the group's relevance and effectiveness amid escalating geopolitical conflicts and a shifting world order. U.S. policies, including tariff actions and a transactional approach to conflicts such as Ukraine, redirected member priorities toward economic security rather than deeper integration. Concerns included rampant unilateralism and protectionism, worries about the future of global solidarity and multilateralism, and an absent American official representing a diminished U.S. engagement.
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