G7 SUMMIT: China joins virtual meeting hosted by France on global economic imbalance
A European push to engage with China. A virtual Group of Seven meeting is underway, involving Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing. French President Emmanuel Macron is presiding over the meeting, with global economic imbalances in focus. The conference includes G7 member nations and other invited nations, as well as the International Monetary Fund. Beijing has long criticised the grouping as illegitimate for discussing world affairs and for being unrepresentative of the world order. The video conference comes ahead of the G7 leaders' summit that's set to take place in the French town of Evian next week. Developments in the Middle East, Ukraine as well as the Indo-Pacific are expected on the agenda. Following that, leaders will meet at an EU summit where nations are expected to review trade policies with China. William Denselow reports from Brussels.
A European push to engage with China. A virtual Group of Seven meeting is underway, involving Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing. French President Emmanuel Macron is presiding over the meeting, with global economic imbalances in focus. The conference includes G7 member nations and other invited nations, as well as the International Monetary Fund. Beijing has long criticised the grouping as illegitimate for discussing world affairs and for being unrepresentative of the world order. The video conference comes ahead of the G7 leaders' summit that's set to take place in the French town of Evian next week. Developments in the Middle East, Ukraine as well as the Indo-Pacific are expected on the agenda. Following that, leaders will meet at an EU summit where nations are expected to review trade policies with China. William Denselow reports from Brussels.
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