Category: G7 leaders

ANALYSIS: G-7 Leaders Take Strong Stance on China, but Can They Maintain Their Resolve?

News Analysis The lesson of Russia’s war in Ukraine has forced the Group of Seven (G-7) countries to confront Beijing head-on this year, and the unified statement from the Hiroshima summit represents a big step that, according to some experts, was “unthinkable” two years ago. The big question, though, is whether the G-7 countries can…


G7 Leaders Struggle to Cope With Consequences of Green Energy Agenda

Reality is starting to intrude on the G7’s ongoing campaign to dismantle the West’s oil and coal industry. As leaders of the Group of Seven rich nations—the United States, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Canada, and Japan—gathered at the luxurious Castle Elmau in Germany’s Bavarian Alps this week, they were forced to admit privately what now…


G-7 Leaders Struggle to Cope With Consequences of Green Energy Agenda

Reality is starting to intrude on the Group of Seven (G-7) nations’ ongoing campaign to dismantle the West’s oil and coal industry. As leaders of the G-7—the United States, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Canada, and Japan—gathered at the luxurious Castle Elmau in Germany’s Bavarian Alps this week, they were forced to acknowledge privately what now…


Japan’s Kishida Vows to Phase Out Russian Oil Imports, Add Sanctions

Japan will take measures to phase out imports of Russian oil in tandem with the Group of Seven (G7) nations’ campaign against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday. But the plan for Japan to keep its stakes in the Russian oil and natural gas projects remains unchanged, Kishida told reporters,…