Meetings on either side of the globe underlined growing challenges to US hegemony, from within and beyond Washington’s traditional alliances.
A G7 summit in Alberta will likely focus on divisions among its members over trade as well as their stances to wars in the Middle East and Ukraine: The last time Canada hosted the meeting, US President Donald Trump torpedoed the gathering, calling his host “dishonest & weak.” The G7’s six other members are hoping for “a low-drama summit” this time, The New York Times said.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping, meanwhile, set off for Kazakhstan to join a meeting of central Asian nations, the latest sign of how Beijing is seeking to “counter the US-led global order,” Bloomberg noted.
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