G20 Adopts New Declaration Despite US Boycott

The presidents of the United States and Argentina both skipped this year’s G20 leaders’ summit in South Africa.

(L–R) World leaders including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Indonesia's Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen, European Council President Antonio Costa, China's Premier Li Qiang, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Angola's President Joao Lourenco, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (C), France's President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, and Argentinian Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno pose for a photograph as they assembled for the “family photo” at the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Nov. 22, 2025, ahead of the G20 Summit. Leon Neal/Getty Images

World leaders of the Group of 20 nations adopted a new declaration covering a range of topics on Nov. 22, without input or buy-in from the United States.

While declarations are typically passed at the end of a given G20 summit, the gathered global leaders this time elected to adopt their declaration shortly after convening their two-day summit in South Africa.