"During and after Cancun, the G20 was seen in some circles as representing a major power shift in the global trading order. Some even saw the G20 as the dynamo for a reinvigorated “New International Economic Order.” The reality is that the G20, and in particular Brazil and India, have been accommodated into the ranks of the key global trading powers, but it is increasingly becoming clear that the price for this has been their diluting the strength of the negotiating position of the South. More than ever, the South needs leadership. Many had expected the leaders of the G20 to fill this role. In the first decisive post-Cancun encounter, the latter have not lived up to expectations." This is according to an article by Walden Bello and Aileen Kwa, Executive Director and Research Associate, respectively, of the Bangkok-based Focus on the Global South, about the outcome of the recent post-Cancun WTO meeting in Geneva.