Overview
- Sherpa negotiators from G20 members have formed the draft leaders' communiqué, which awaits formal approval at the Johannesburg summit on 22-23 November.
- White House press secretary Caroline Levitt said the United States will not participate in official G20 negotiations in South Africa.
- News24 reports the U.S. Embassy asked to accredit seven staff led by chargé d'affaires Mark Dillard solely for the final-day handover.
- South African presidential spokesman Vincent Magwenya said President Cyril Ramaphosa will not pass the G20 chair to a U.S. chargé.
- Under G20 protocol the outgoing chair hands a symbolic hammer to the next chair's delegation and participants deliver brief remarks during the ceremony.