Could U.S. Exit From Paris Accord Be ‘Good News for the Rest of the World’?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 3, 2017 With the United States out of the agreement, the administration now cannot undermine global climate talks as part of the Trump effort to promote fossil fuels. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

G7 Leaders Plow Ahead After Trump Stalls on Climate Accord

By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams May 28, 2017 The president's refusal to commit to the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change further isolates the U.S. as other world powers prepare to tackle the environmental crisis. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Pavel Constantin, Romania. Cagle Cartoons Jun 15, 2015 Dig deeper

G-7 on Environment

Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE. Cagle Cartoons Jun 12, 2015 Dig deeper

What We Know (and Don’t Know) About This Year’s Bilderberg Meeting

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jun 11, 2015 What could possibly be sinister about leaders of the world's most powerful companies and countries meeting in closed sessions on an Austrian mountaintop to discuss global strategy? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ditch the G7

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 8, 2015 The annual economics summit, which began Sunday, is “a moribund institution” that “should be scrapped” because it has become useless as “an instrument of the internationalism it was set up to pursue,” writes economics analyst Larry Elliott at The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

G-7 Agrees to Sanctions on Russia as Tensions Mount in Ukraine

Staff / Truthdig Apr 26, 2014 The Group of Seven rich countries have agreed to slap sanctions on Moscow as early as Monday over the soaring Ukraine crisis amid fears in the West that Russia could be about to invade. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Forgiving Haiti’s Debt

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2010 Call it pity or call it sensible politics, the G-7 nations have together pledged to cancel $1.2 billion in debt that Haiti owes them, something Global South activists have been requesting for all developing countries -- not just those hit by horrible earthquakes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

G-20 Muscles G-7 Aside

Staff / Truthdig Sep 25, 2009 It looks like the G-20 is set to permanently replace the G-7 as the world's dominant economic forum, an indirect admission that there was something unfair about the world's seven wealthiest countries deciding economic policy for the entire globe. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

G-7, IMF and World Bank Leaders to Meet

Staff / Truthdig Apr 11, 2008 Following the string of economic crises across the globe, financial elites are planning to meet in Washington this weekend to address how to resolve the problems of global capitalism. Notably missing from the proceedings is any representative from the developing world. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )