Category: G7

Trudeau Mum on US Deadline to Leave Kabul by Aug. 31 as He Meets with G7 Leaders

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was playing his cards close to his chest on whether he wants the G7 to push for an extension of the American military commitment to Afghanistan. Trudeau joined a special virtual meeting of the G7 leaders Tuesday on the crisis in Afghanistan and President Joe Biden is expected to face calls…


Britain Calls Virtual G-7 Meeting for Tuesday on Afghanistan Crisis

LONDON—British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he had called a virtual G-7 leaders’ meeting for Tuesday to discuss the crisis in Afghanistan and urged governments to find ways to prevent conditions from getting worse. Taliban terrorists seized control of Kabul last weekend in an upheaval that sent civilians and Afghan military allies fleeing for safety….


Why the EU Is Dragging the US Into Its Failings | Truth Over News

President Joe Biden received a warm welcome during his visit to the Group of Seven (G-7) in England, as he declared that America was back. But unlike former President Donald Trump, Biden was not there to place America first. Climate and multilateralism were at the forefront of the agenda, as were other items near and…


After G7 Pledge, EU Seeks to Rival China’s ‘Belt and Road’ With Own Infrastructure Plan

BRUSSELS—European Union foreign ministers agreed on Monday to launch a global infrastructure plan linking Europe to the world; a next step after deals with India and Japan and a similar pledge by the Group of Seven richest democracies. Suspicious of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative to link Europe to Asia via infrastructure…


The West Is Strategically Reorganizing to Fight Communist China

Commentary Recently, three major summits in the Western world—those of the G-7 (Group of Seven), NATO, and the U.S.–EU—have been held back-to-back, highlighting a significant strategic shift to confront the systemic threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). If 2020 was a year marked by a pandemic ravaging the world and the emergence of…


Chinese Regime Repeats That NATO Is ‘Brain Dead’ in Attempt at Retaliation

Two days after the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) declared Beijing a “systemic challenge” to the rules-based international order, China’s state-run media on June 16 repeated prior remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron calling the alliance “brain dead.” The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) mouthpiece CCTV published an article on Wednesday criticizing NATO for being stuck in “rigid and…


Chinese State-Run Media Publish Controversial Cartoon Mocking G-7

After the Group of Seven (G-7) summit finished with a strong statement condemning the Chinese communist regime over its human rights abuses, a cartoon mocking the G-7 leaders went viral on Chinese social media. Chinese state-run media have promoted the satirical cartoon with nationalistic fervor, triggering a backlash from international media. Netizen “Bantonglaoatang,” who is…


Deep Dive (June 14): G-7 Nations Pledge Democratic Alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative

G-7 (Group of Seven) leaders covered a slew of topics at the summit over the weekend. The leaders have pledged to provide a democratic alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The summit also called for a transparent investigation into the origins of the pandemic, and they’re demanding that Beijing provide access to its labs….


Canadian Business Leaders Demand Plan to Reopen Borders, Economy Now

OTTAWA—Business leaders are calling on Ottawa to immediately lay out a comprehensive plan to reopen the economy and international borders along with a vaccine certification process. At a news conference today, a Canadian travel and tourism roundtable said the federal government must heed advice from its expert advisory panel last month and allow fully vaccinated…


The G7’s Reckless Commitment To Mounting Debt

Commentary Historically, meetings of the largest economies in the world have been essential to reaching agreements that would incentivize prosperity and growth. This was not the case this time. The G7 meeting agreements were light on detailed economic decisions, except on the most damaging of them all: a minimum global corporate tax. Why not an…