Tag: G-7

Biden Pledges ‘Israel-Style’ Security Guarantees to Ukraine During Meeting with Zelenskyy, G–7 Leaders

VILNIUS, Lithuania—President Joe Biden met with Group of Seven (G–7) leaders on July 12 at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit to offer security assistance for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also joined the meeting, during which the G7 leaders issued a “Joint Declaration of Support for Ukraine.” This…


Biden Pledges ‘Israel-Style’ Security Guarantees to Ukraine During Meeting with Zelenskyy, G7 Leaders

VILNIUS, Lithuania—President Joe Biden met with Group of Seven (G7) leaders on July 12 at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit to offer security assistance for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also joined the meeting, during which the G7 leaders issued a “Joint Declaration of Support for Ukraine.” This…


Biden Pledges Security Guarantees to Ukraine During Meeting with Zelenskyy, G7 Leaders

VILNIUS, Lithuania—President Joe Biden met with Group of Seven (G7) leaders on July 12 at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit to offer security assistance for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also joined the meeting, during which the G7 leaders issued a “Joint Declaration of Support for Ukraine.” This…


China’s Economy Is in a ‘Silted’ Deflation With Industrial Growth Hampered by Global ‘De-Risking’

News Analysis China’s economy has been mired in a sort of “silted” deflation: on the one hand, the country’s industrial growth has been stagnant as a result of the G-7-led global “de-risking” strategy against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP); on the other hand, Beijing’s move to increase the money supply has failed to help boost…


Japan at the G-7 Gets Its Way on China

Commentary A few weeks ago, a column in this space described Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s hopes for the G-7 meetings in Hiroshima. He wanted those powerful economies—Canada, France, Germany, Italy, his own Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States—to counter Beijing’s unfair and often bullying trade practices. He seems to have got what…


The G-7 Kowtow Communique to Communist China

Commentary Last week, as Chinese warships completed a coercive circumnavigation of Japan’s main islands, G-7 leaders met to forge a unified response to communist China’s ever-increasing economic and military aggression. The result—a weak communique without bite or teeth—was hardly Churchillian. Following the G-7’s kowtow, the Chinese Communist Party’s economic and military aggression will continue undeterred….


China’s Xi Holds Central Asia Summit, Attempting to Challenge G-7: Analysts

China hosted a Central Asia Summit in its historic city of Xi’an on May 18 and 19, one day before this year’s Group of Seven (G-7) Summit in Japan’s Hiroshima from May 19 to 21. The Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with heads of state from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan in one-on-one meetings,…


US Default Risk Casts Shadow Over Biden’s G7 Trip at Home

HIROSHIMA, Japan—President Joe Biden has asked his negotiators to coordinate a call with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for Sunday morning, U.S. time, after he concludes his G7 meetings on the last day of the summit in Japan. The White House has engaged in a heated exchange with Republicans over the debt ceiling negotiations that stalled…


US Default Risk Casts Shadow Over Biden’s G7 Trip

HIROSHIMA, Japan—President Joe Biden has asked his negotiators to coordinate a call with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for Sunday morning, U.S. time, after he concludes his G7 meetings on the last day of the summit in Japan. The White House has engaged in a heated exchange with Republicans over the debt ceiling negotiations that stalled…


US Default Risk Casts Shadow Over Biden’s G-7 Trip

HIROSHIMA, Japan—President Joe Biden has asked his negotiators to coordinate a call with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for Sunday morning, U.S. time, after he concludes his G-7 meetings on the last day of the summit in Japan. The White House has engaged in a heated exchange with Republicans over the debt ceiling negotiations that stalled…