as you ve been hearing, leaders of seven of the world s top economies are meeting in the city of hiroshima. but it s the two that aren t attending that will be talked about the most. as well as new sanctions on russia they ll be focusing on china and how to counter its increasing economic power. as the bbc s nick marsh in hiroshima explains. the g7 kicked off and the two biggest issues on the agenda are a war in ukraine and the economic containment of china. on that first subject the us got off to a quick start before the summit had even begun. they announced a fresh batch of sanctions targeting russia and its ability to source battlefield materials. they are also trying to tighten the ability of russia to use third country loopholes to evade those sanctions. britain as well has announced a ban on the importation of russian diamonds, of copper, nickel, aluminium as well that comes from russia. these are the actions of individual countries. the real challenge will be when ther
we start injapan where as you ve been hearing, leaders of seven of the world s top economies are meeting in the city of hiroshima. but it s the two that aren t attending that will be talked about the most. as well as new sanctions on russia they ll be focusing on china and how to counter its increasing economic power. isabel hilton is the founder and editor of china dialogue and joins me now. thanks forjoining us. the g7, a lot of different relationships with china, they are not necessarily going to be on the same page? the? going to be on the same page? they are auoin going to be on the same page? they are going to going to be on the same page? they are going to be going to be on the same page? tie: are going to be roughly going to be on the same page? tte: are going to be roughly on going to be on the same page? ttez1: are going to be roughly on the going to be on the same page? ttez1 are going to be roughly on the same double page spread but not necessarily closely
hello. i am tadhg enright with your top business stories. politics is leading business news today. as you ve been hearing, leaders of seven of the world s top economies are meeting in hiroshima, japan. but it s two that aren t attending that will be occupying most of their time. as well as new sanctions on russia, they will be focusing on china, and how to counter its increasing economic power. the bbc s nick marsh is in hiroshima for us. a huge focus on the sanctions against russia. but as we ve been talking about that already, i want to pick up another theme of these leaders using the economic pressure on china. what more can you tell us about the? china. what more can you tell us about the? you “ust call the elehant us about the? you “ust call the elephant not us about the? you “ust call the elephant not in us about the? you just call the elephant not in the us about the? you just call the elephant not in the room. - us about the? you just call the elephant no
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