Joint statement exposes rising frustration over Beijing’s export links to Moscow in Ukraine war effort
British prime minister Rishi Sunak chats with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida at the G7 leaders' summit in Puglia, Italy. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/PA WireThe joint statement at the end of the summit in Italy included a far tougher stance towards China than in the past, exposing the escalating frustration in the US and Europe with Beijing’s critical support to Russia during the war in Ukraine.
The US has long pushed for its European partners in the G7 – the EU, France, Germany and Italy as well as the UK – to hew more closely to its hawkish approach to China, arguing that the country’s role in propping up president Vladimir Putin’s regime as it wages war against Ukraine means Beijing has chosen to side with Russia against the west.
“We will continue taking measures against actors in China and third countries that materially support Russia’s war machine, including financial institutions, consistent with our legal systems,” they said. A second person familiar with the talks said: “The era of naivety towards Beijing is definitely gone now and China is to blame for that, honestly.”
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