15 jun 2026
Why Trump’s talk of a ‘G2’ hits a nerve with allies
The world’s largest economies want to come together to act on China’s growing economic threat. President Donald Trump is more interested in going it alone. Trump basically spelled out as much in a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing last month, declaring the tete-a-tete “the G2.” “This is the G2,” the president told reporters, referring to a knock off of the Group of 7 summit of the world’s largest economies and democracies.
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