RIO DE JANEIRO — Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies were set to meet on Monday (Nov 18) in Brazil for their annual summit, bracing for a shift in the global order with the return to power of US president-elect Donald Trump.

Discussions of trade, climate change and international security will run up against sharp US policy changes that Trump vowed upon taking office in January, from tariffs to the promise of a negotiated solution to the war in Ukraine.

While US President Joe Biden arrives as a lame duck with just two months remaining in the White House, China's President Xi Jinping will be a central player at a G20 summit riven with geopolitical tensions amid the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

"It's not only geopolitics that is causing us concern, but also that China's role, its economic and financial role, is very prominent in many issues," said a German official, who requested anonymity to discuss the diplomatic tensions freely.

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