The US and the world need Poland as a full member of G20

For the first time in the group’s 17-year history, the G20 summit in Johannesburg last month was marked by a complete absence of the United States at the negotiating table. The situation was made all the more striking by the fact that the meeting had been held just days before the U.S. government took over the G20’s rotating, yearlong presidency; it is preparing for next year’s summit at the Trump National Doral resort in Miami. As President Donald Trump’s administration rethinks its own role in the G20, there is one easy step that it can take to make the group better, and more closely aligned with the U.S. interests: Invite Poland to participate as a full-fledged member. During President Karol Nawrocki’s visit to Washington in September, Trump extended an invitation to next year year’s summit. Yet, Poland ought to be there not simply as a guest and an observer but as an active participant, able to shape the agenda. The G20 is an odd, largely informal and loosely structured entity, which started as an outgrowth of the earlier G7 and G8 meetings, currently encompassing the 1Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times