G7 leaders will come out of their summit in Germany on Tuesday to condemn China's unfair economic practices and promise a "
coordinated approach
" to deal with them, a senior White House official said, calling the move a “
unprecedented
”.
The seven powers will condemn, "
unprecedented in the context of the G7, the damage caused by China's non-transparent industrial directives which distort the market
", according to this senior official.
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Leaders will commit to working together to develop a coordinated approach to address China's non-trade practices to ensure a level playing field for businesses and workers,
" he said.
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Leaders will also discuss China's role in the debt trap of low- and middle-income countries
", further warns this senior official, assuring that this is also "
a first for the G7
" .
.
Finally, the G7 will commit, continues this senior American official, to "
accelerate progress in the fight against forced labor, with the objective (...) of eliminating all forms of forced labor from supply chains including state-sponsored forced labour, such as in Xinjiang
, a Chinese province where Muslim minorities are subject to repression by the Chinese regime.
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