U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on X that he will miss next weeks G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Cape Town due to obligations in Washington. A senior official will attend in

Alarm is rising over Washington's potential withdrawal from global institutions, including the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, with the no-show of U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at G20 meetings adding to anxiety.

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 developed and developing nations gathered in South Africa on Wednesday for a two-day meeting marked by the absence of U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and several other high-profile figures.

Alarm is rising over Washington's potential withdrawal from global institutions, including the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, with the no-show of U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at G20 meetings adding to anxiety.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was conspicuously absent from the recent G20 finance chiefs' meeting, a key forum where advanced and emerging ec･･･

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will not attend the upcoming G20 finance meeting in Cape Town, a rare move for someone in his role. Bessent's absence follows rising tensions between the U.S. and South Africa over land policies,

Japan told its G20 counterparts that free, open and rules-based trade was important to sustain global economic growth, a senior finance ministry official told reporters on the sidelines of a gathering of the group's finance leaders on Wednesday.