G-7 Takes Aim at China Over Unfair Trade Practices, Human Rights, Ties With Russia

G-7 Takes Aim at China Over Unfair Trade Practices, Human Rights, Ties With Russia
(L-R) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, U.S. President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and French President Emmanuel Macron take their seats to attend a meeting of five G-7 leaders at Elmau Castle, southern Germany, on June 28, 2022. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
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The Group of Seven (G-7) criticized the Chinese regime on June 28 over its unfair trade policies and human rights abuses. The G-7 leaders also urged Beijing to drop “expansive maritime claims” in the South China Sea and press Moscow to stop its invasion of Ukraine.

At the end of the three-day summit in the Bavarian Alps, leaders of the world’s wealthiest democratic nations issued a highly critical communiqué that laid out a range of challenges posed by the communist regime in China. The document focused on Beijing’s unfair trade practices, a complaint that first appeared in last year’s document.
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