Japan wants G7 nations to team up against ‘economic coercion’ by ChinaBloombergJapan wants G7 countries to take a coordinated approach this year aimed at preventing the “economic coercion” that China has applied to some of its trading partners. “We expect effective responses to economic coercion will be a major item at this year’s G7 summit,” he said. Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on Thursday. China has repeatedly applied economic retribution toward trading partners amid diplomatic disputes. Beijing has criticized G7 nations for what it says are their own protectionist moves designed to prevent China’s economic rise.
