Washington pushes to strengthen language around Beijing while watering down wording on Moscow in a draft statement prepared by Canada.
The US rejected a G7 proposal led by Canada to create a task force targeting Russia's "shadow fleet" of oil tankers circumventing sanctions. Instead, the US is advocating for stronger language against China in a joint statement on maritime issues, focusing on its actions in the South China Sea, while weakening the language regarding Russia's role in the Ukraine war. The US sought to remove the word "sanctions" and references to Russia's war capabilities from the draft statement.
