The club of finance ministers and central bankers who’ve steered the global economy through a quarter century of market meltdowns, recessions and the pandemic meet this week facing new headwinds to their goal of broader prosperity — tariffs and the imminent threat of trade wars.

Finance ministers and central bankers from the G20 top economies gather in South Africa on Wednesday and Thursday, for a meeting marred by the absence or curtailed attendance of key members and disputes over the main issues of climate,

The UAE, represented by the UAE Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of the UAE, participated in the first G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting under the South African Presidency of the G20,

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's absence follows a boycott of a G-20 foreign ministers meeting in South Africa by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Finance ministers and central bankers from the G20 convened in South Africa, but key figures absences and deep divisions over climate, debt, and inequality overshadowed discussions. Japans Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato,