G7 to cooperate in regulating global tech giants to protect competition, Japan sources say
Group of Seven nations will work together to boost the regulation of global information technology giants as criticism mounts that they are taking advantage of smaller companies by restricting entry to the market, Japanese government sources said Thursday. Antitrust regulators from G7 member nations have ...
Fed-up Canada tells U.S. to help with China crisis over Huawei exec or forget about favors
Canada is leaning on the United States to help settle a dispute with China, which has started to block imports of vital Canadian commodities amid a dispute over a detained Huawei executive. In a sign of increasing frustration at what it sees as a lackluster ...
Foreign and interior ministers from the Group of Seven countries are gathering in France this week to try to find ambitious solutions to world security challenges. Putting a dampener on that are two glaring American absences: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Homeland ...
With the G20 facing numerous challenges, do the summit's engagement groups have the answers?
In the run-up to the Group of Twenty Leaders’ Summit in Osaka in late June, several related meetings of what are known as engagement groups are scheduled to take place in Tokyo and around the country. One of the more influential engagement groups is ...
G7 says 'many questions unanswered' on Jamal Khashoggi's murder at Saudi consulate
Saudi Arabia's explanations so far about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi leave "many questions unanswered," G7 foreign ministers said Tuesday in a joint statement. "Those responsible for the killing must be held to account. Saudi Arabia must put in place measures to ensure something ...
Trump-Putin meeting in Helsinki to follow NATO gathering at tense moment
Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will hold their long-awaited first summit next month in the Finnish capital of Helsinki at what could prove a historic turning point in international relations. The July 16 head-to-head between the U.S. and Russian leaders will follow a NATO ...
'Fair trade, fool trade': Trump tweets ire at NATO allies and Trudeau
U.S. President Donald Trump fired off a volley of tweets on Monday venting anger on NATO allies, the European Union and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the wake of a divisive G7 meeting over the weekend. The escalating clash over trade between Washington ...
IMF chief slams Trump, says global economic outlook darkening by the day
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde led an attack by global economic organizations on U.S. President Donald Trump's "America first" trade policy on Monday, warning that clouds over the global economy "are getting darker by the day. Trump backed out of a joint communique agreed ...
Trump's angry tweets leave G7 in disarray and put Abe in a bind
Trying to bridging the gap between the United States and other Group of Seven members, over controversial new U.S. metal tariffs, has put Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a complicated situation at the Canada summit. Abe stressed the unity of members in support of fair ...
U.S. President Donald Trump's actions are working at cross purposes to his goal of making America great again.
Trump trade aide pins NAFTA failure on Canada, says 'there's a special place in hell' for Trudeau
Donald Trump's trade adviser on Sunday blamed Canada for the failure to finalize a reboot of the North American Free Trade Agreement and suggested the country's prime minister is headed to hell for crossing the U.S. leader. "We'd have a great deal with NAFTA by ...
G7 leaders stay united against North Korea despite ire over U.S. tariffs
Although angry with U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionist moves, the other six leaders manage to keep the denuclearization and trade issues separate.
