OTTAWA — On Wednesday evening Prime Minister Justin Trudeau boarded a plane to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where world leaders are gathering for what’s expected to be an especially tense summit. By Thursday morning his foreign minister was announcing sanctions on officials from one G20 member, Saudi Arabia, for their role in the murder of a journalist in Turkey, another G20 nation. But this time Saudi Arabia, China and Russia are also invited to dinner. The elephant in the roomExpect even more fallout at the G20 from the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, apparently orchestrated by Saudi leadership including Prince Mohammed bin Salman. But interests are becoming more disparate, and some systems that hold the “world order” together, such as the World Trade Organization, are crumbling.

Source: National Post November 29, 2018 17:15 UTC