Trump isn’t at the G-20 summit but he’s dominating the debate
Live MintRIO DE JANEIRO—When Brazilian President Luiz Inácio “Lula" da Silva called for “more multilateralism" at the opening of the Group of 20 nations summit on Monday, the remark appeared aimed at someone who wasn’t in the room: Donald Trump. Many leaders from Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa at the G-20 summit and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Peru last week made clear their alarm at prospects for a sharp U.S. turn inward on trade, health and environmental policy with Trump’s looming return to the presidency. “The incoming administration isn’t in the business of providing us assurances about anything, and they’ll make their own decisions as they go forward," Biden’s national-security adviser, Jake Sullivan, told reporters. I don’t think those interests change even if there is a transition from one U.S. administration to the next," said Jon Finer, Biden’s deputy national-security adviser.