
In a communique on Tuesday, the Group of Seven Rich Democracies will discuss China’s non-market economic practices, its debt management strategy, and its human rights record. In contrast, a Nato strategic concept due out later this week will address China in “ways that are unprecedented,” according to him.
At the G7 conference in southern Germany, Sullivan told reporters, “We do think that there is more convergence, both at the G7 and at Nato, around the challenge China poses.
According to Sullivan, the G7 leaders felt there was an “urgent need” for coordination and agreement on matters including China’s non-market economic practices, its policies on the debt of developing countries, and its stance on human rights.