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

The decision has raised eyebrows, as G20 meetings serve as a key forum for discussions among finance ministers and central bank governors from the world’s largest economies. Sources told Reuters that member countries were informed of Bessent’s decision,

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,

Amid diplomatic tensions between host South Africa and the Trump Administration, the U.S. will be represented at a meeting of foreign ministers by the acting ambassador to South Africa.

His move follows Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s decision to also skip a foreign ministers’ summit in the country

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.

As relations between South Africa and the United States continue on a free-fall, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will skip the meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 major economies scheduled for Cape Town next week.

Bessent in the interview declined to provide timing for a Trump-Putin meeting, but confirmed that he would not attend next week's G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in South Africa "due to some domestic considerations." During his U.S ...