The Group of Twenty (G20), comprising the world’s largest advanced and emerging economies and representing over 85 percent of global output, addresses shared economic challenges. Bolstered with the addition of the African Union in 2023, the G20 will need to prove that it can continue to produce the international agreements needed to address the uncertainty and fragmentation in today’s global economy.

The Atlantic Council’s G20 programming and research emphasizes continuity in the agenda, focusing on food security, climate finance, reforming the global economic governance system, and enhancing digital public infrastructure.

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How can Brazil’s and other Global South countries’ priorities be advanced within the G20? What role should the US (as the 2026 G20 host), multilateral development banks and other international organizations play in supporting these areas?

Senior policymakers and thought leaders from Brazil, the United States, and other G20 member countries will join us for a discussion on these critical issues and outline the way forward.

The GeoEconomics Center and Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center are pleased to invite you to a special conference on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meetings, on Thursday, July 25, 2024, from 9h30 to 12h30 Brasília time (8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET) at the Windsor Marapendi (Avenida Lúcio Costa, 5400 – Barra da Tijuca) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Global China

Sep 18, 2023

Global China Newsletter: Xi stiffs the G20, turns to the Global South

By Dexter Tiff Roberts

The September 2023 edition of the Global China newsletter.

China Economy & Business

In the News

Sep 13, 2023

Stefanini featured in Formiche on the end of the “cooperative” G20

By Stefano Stefanini

On September 13, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Stefano Stefanini wrote an op-ed for Formiche arguing that the New Delhi Summit marks the end of the “cooperative” G20 (text in Italian). 

Africa Americas

In the News

Sep 12, 2023

Kroenig quoted in Washington Examiner discussing how Biden should counter Chinese influence at the G20 summit

By Atlantic Council

On September 8, Dr. Matthew Kroenig, Atlantic Council vice president and senior director of the Scowcroft Center, was quoted by the Washington Examiner on how President Biden can undercut Chinese infrastructure investments—and the influence the PRC has gained from them—during the Group of 20 leaders’ summit in India. Dr. Kroenig notes that the United States […]

G20 International Organizations

In the News

Sep 12, 2023

Lipsky quoted by NBC News on Biden’s leadership role at the G-20 summit

Read the full piece here.

G20 United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Sep 10, 2023

Experts react: Did India’s G20 just crack the code for diplomatic consensus?

By Atlantic Council experts

The Russian and Chinese leaders were not at the summit, but that did not stop the Group of Twenty leaders from approving an eighty-three-paragraph declaration that added the African Union to the group.

Africa Brazil

In the News

Sep 8, 2023

“Missing Key: The challenge of cybersecurity and central bank digital currency” report cited by the IMF on central bank digital currency product development

Read the full report here.

Digital Currencies G20

In the News

Sep 8, 2023

Lipsky interviewed by Yahoo Finance on China’s absence from the G20 summit

Watch the full interview here.

China G20

In the News

Sep 8, 2023

Lipsky cited by NBC News on the effect of Trump’s possible return on the G20

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Elections G20

In the News

Sep 8, 2023

Lipsky interviewed by CNN on China and Russia’s absence from the upcoming G20 summit

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China G20

In the News

Sep 8, 2023

Lipsky interviewed by CNBC on the implications of China’s absence from the G20 summit

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China G20

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