G20 wrestles with wars, ‘turbulence’ in run-up to Trump

RIO DE JANEIRO: Chinese President Xi Jinping warned on Monday the world faces “turbulence,” as G20 leaders met in Brazil two months before Donald Trump returns to the White House.

US President Joe Biden was attending his last summit of the world´s leading economies, but as a lame duck eclipsed by Xi who has cast himself as a protector of the international order in the Trump 2.0 era.

World leaders are meeting for two days to try to jumpstart stalled UN climate talks and overcome their differences on wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. At the opening of the summit he launched the centerpiece of his G20 presidency: a Global Alliance against Poverty and Hunger, backed by 81 countries, which aims to feed half a million people by 2030.