By Tim Cocks and Andrea Shalal JOHANNESBURG/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Born of crisis but torn by years of tensions among its members, the Group of 20 major economies scored a rare victory this weekend for multilateralism after overcoming the boycott and objections of its most powerful member,

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa brought the G20 summit in Johannesburg to a close Saturday, and rejected a proposal for passing the gavel for next year's meeting in the United States.

Tensions between the U.S. and Canada remain high following months of Trump administration hardball over trade deals.

With the United States boycotting the summit, other nations sought to strike new deals, and some took a tougher tone with President Trump.

The G20 hasn’t collapsed as such, but that’s because it never really did very much. The South Africans had some good issues they wanted to discuss this year, particularly climate finance. But good ideas and big meetings don’t create action.

World leaders are arriving for a historic first Group of 20 summit in Africa that aims to put the problems of poor countries at the top of the global agenda

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during last weekend's Group of 20 summit in South Africa, Lee's office said in a statement on Monday.

As he brought the gavel down on a G20 summit with a tongue-in-cheek dig at the United States, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa struck a defiant note towards the isolationist stance of President Donald Trump and his self-imposed exile from multilateral bodies Washington once championed.