DURBAN - G20 finance ministers and central bank governors have shrugged off United States (US) President Donald Trump’s poor endorsement of the bloc’s work under South Africa’s presidency. The finance track met for a third time in Zimbali in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) this week—with talks wrapping up yesterday.

Finance chiefs from the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies said Friday that the global economy is facing

A meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 in Durban, South Africa, will seek to deepen global relationships in "turbulent times", German finance ministry sources said on Tuesday,

"The G20 was built around a presumption that all the world's major economies shared a common interest in a stable, relatively open global economy," said Brad Setser of the Council on Foreign Relations. "But Trump doesn't really care about stability and wants a more closed global economy."

In opening remarks, South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said the G20 must provide strategic global leadership, cooperation and action in the face of complex challenges.

US set to shift its approach towards G20 when it takes over group’s rotating presidency from South Africa in December.