G7 and NATO Summits: It’s all abou • Table.Briefings

The G7, including the EU, have challenger China in mind at their meeting in Elmau

The G7 countries want to increase sanctions against Russia and continue to put new proposals on the table. But without China, they are largely ineffective. China will also be on the agenda at the NATO summit in Madrid. For the first time, the People’s Republic will play a role in the defense alliance’s Strategic Concept.

There is no question about it: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is currently the main enemy of the G7 countries. And the leaders at the summit in Elmau made this unmistakably clear when they spoke of Russia’s „dirty war of aggression“ and expressed their solidarity with Ukraine. But one other country, in particular, is targeted by US President Joe Biden: China. And here, the situation for the G7 is far more complex.

G7 and NATO Summits: It’s all about China

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