The resounding victory of the always unpredictable Donald Trump, 78, at the November 5 election has shaken up the global chessboard. The return to the White House, as of next January 20, of the Republican business magnate, whose Republican Party will also be in control of both chambers, increases the uncertainties in the realm of international relations and fuels speculation about the role that Washington will play in the geopolitical balances during the next four years. Against this backdrop, the president-elect will be the protagonist — even if an absent one — of the G20 summit that is being held this Monday and Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). America’s outgoing president, 81-year-old Joe Biden, and China’s Xi Jinping, 71, who met in Peru on Saturday, are expected to participate. The Asian leader called for “certainty” in the relationship between both superpowers.
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