With the US threatening to leverage its software strengths ahead of fresh trade talks with China in response to its recent export controls on rare earths, analysts say Beijing is unlikely to make major concessions, though progress could be made on issues such as soybeans or fentanyl. Washington is reportedly considering imposing curbs on a…
Despite high tensions between the Trump administration and some of America’s closest allies over tariffs and Ukraine, foreign ministers from the Group of 7 industrialized democracies who were meeting this week in Canada forged common ground in a communiqué that glossed over many of their sharp differences. Top diplomats from Canada, the host of the…
The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven democracies on Thursday agreed to step up their efforts to end Russia’s war against Ukraine and were set to condemn China’s aggressive maritime actions in the Indo-Pacific region. While a cease-fire proposal brokered by the United States topped the agenda at their meeting in the Canadian resort…
The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies gathered Wednesday in a small Canadian resort to discuss major global affairs, ranging from efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine to how to deal with China’s assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region. The diplomats from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States,…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that he hoped a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine could take place within “days” if Russian leaders agreed, and that he planned to get diplomats from the Group of 7 allied nations to focus on ending the war in a meeting this week in Canada. “Here’s what…