G20 Research

G20 South Africa Declaration, Johannesburg, November 2025

The G20 Johannesburg Summit, held November 22-23, 2025, marked the first G20 Leaders' Summit convened on the African continent, gathering under South Africa's G20 Presidency. Leaders issued a comprehensive Declaration addressing global challenges through multilateral cooperation, emphasising solidarity, equality, and sustainability as pillars of inclusive growth. The Declaration reaffirms commitment to international law, the UN Charter, and peaceful dispute resolution, while also welcoming voluntary high-level principles for investing in disaster risk reduction.

Secretary Bessent Announces 2026 G20 Finance Track Agenda and Asheville Meeting

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announced the priorities and schedule for the 2026 G20 Finance Track on February 19, 2026, including hosting a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Asheville, North Carolina. The announcement outlines six priorities: modernizing financial regulation, addressing global imbalances, enhancing debt transparency and restructuring, endorsing a digital assets ecosystem, improving cross-border payments, and promoting financial literacy. Four in-person meetings are scheduled: April 16 in Washington DC, August 29-September 1 in Asheville, and October 15 in Bangkok, Thailand, culminating in a Leaders' Summit on December 14-15 in Miami, Florida.

G20 Finance Ministers Statement on Middle East Conflict Economic Impacts

The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors met on April 16, 2026, in Washington D.C. to discuss economic impacts of the Middle East conflict on agriculture markets, value chains, and fertilizer. Ministers emphasized keeping food and fertilizer supply chains functioning for low-income and vulnerable countries and welcomed IMF and World Bank Group coordination on response efforts. The US G20 Presidency committed to hosting further discussions on food and fertilizer in the coming weeks.