G20: Is the US snub to South Africa the new normal? - BBC Africa

As South Africa hosts a key G20 finance summit, the U.S. Treasury Secretary will be absent from the meeting. And it’s the second time this year that the Americans are absent to a gathering of the bloc that brings together 19 of the world’s biggest economies as well as the European Union and the African Union. The snub appears to signal a deepening distrust by the US of multilateral forums, growing tensions between the Americans and the BRICS countries as well as the nations of the European Union, and a hardline “America First” trade agenda. #G20 #G20SouthAfrica Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/