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"Consideration to convert G7 into D10 has been paused, sources have told The Australian, as Britain instead focuses on developing smaller quadrilateral relationships to drive nimble responses."
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/g7-closes-door-to-antichina-members/news-story/8505de28117c317796a9ef4874da0b0f
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/g7-closes-door-to-antichina-members/news-story/8505de28117c317796a9ef4874da0b0f
"The British strategic shift means that Australia, South Korea and India will continue to be on the periphery of the G7 group that comprises the US, UK, Italy, France, Japan, Germany and Canada."
"A deeper Australian involvement in the G7 is seen by some countries such as Italy — which signed up to Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative in 2019 with lucrative port developments — as being too provocative."
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government “pushed back strongly,” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/01/28/national/politics-diplomacy/uk-g7-japan-pushback/
European diplomats have previously said that doing so would mean the group risks becoming an anti-China front and that anti-China rhetoric could foment a Cold War-style standoff with Beijing.
Biden hasn’t indicated where he stands on the issue but has said he wants to convene a summit of democracies.
British and American politicians have continued to call for the group to open its doors to new members.
British and American politicians have continued to call for the group to open its doors to new members.
Two European diplomats said the narrow focus on the Asia-Pacific region relegates areas of strategic interest to Europe, including Africa, and ignores regions like Latin America. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/01/19/world/politics-diplomacy-world/boris-johnson-g7-expansion/
