Next chapter must not be put off

FOR ALL of its branding as “the premier forum for international economic co-operation”, the Group of 20 was born under a bad sign. The heads of state first met in the maw of the 2008 financial crisis, in the dying days of the Bush administration.

Now, as they limp towards a low-expectation summit in the twilight of the Trump era, under the presidency of a Saudi Arabia struggling to launder its global reputation, the stars look just as bad.

In 2009, at just the second full summit meeting