Is G7 a representative economic body or just an eye wash? What is the hidden agenda?

Is G7 a representative economic body or just an eye wash?

 What is the hidden agenda?

G7 consists of 7 big & small, powerful & weak countries. Italy is politically weak yet Canada & Japan are running their political cum defense affairs more close to client States. Other 4 nations or countries in G7 are UK, France, Germany & US. When it was formed in 1975 during Cold War days, it was G6 yet lateron Canada was invited. In 1997 it became G8 when Russia was invited (In his book Journey Tony Balir claimed that US was against entry of Russia yet British diplomacy had outmaneuvered it) yet in 2014, it again shrunk to G7 and now in 2019  Trump is trying to re-invite Russia, thanks to AntiChina mantra. 

Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte was reportedly the only G7 leader to support Trump’s position. Conte announced his resignation earlier this week. Meanwhile, the US president, who views Russian interference in US elections as a joke, believes Putin should be in on the group’s discussions about Iran, Syria, and North Korea.

It is interesting that if G7 is an economic body than why the majore economic player China is out of it? All the 4 major players in G7 want to use the body as par their foreign policy initiatives. US invitation for Russia is in Bghuz e China and that is why India was invited as guest. Interestingly as par Guardian newspaper US was surprise to see Iran there but happy to see India.

Despite White House concerns over Iran, however, the following morning US officials were “surprised” by Macron’s invitation to Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. 

Interestingly  Trump had demanded India to withdraw from S-400 Russian deal but same time insisting G7 countries to add Russia. So Europeans invited Iran just to balance it. Other then China & Iran issues, these 4 major players have sharp differences on the question of Brexit and future of EU. 

There is a long history of protests against so-called great nation summits and even today supporters of climate change are on roads.

As the G7 leaders met in Biarritz, demonstrators from a nationwide civil disobedience movement demanding more action on the climate emergency appeared in nearby Bayonne brandishing dozens of portraits the state accuses them of stealing from civic buildings.

Pressure on India & Iran is visible yet both have enough room to escape. Russian President is smart enough to show his reentry but neither ready to leave SCO.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said this week that his country saw any form of dialogue with G7 nations as useful

Is Trump ready to remove sanctions on Russia imposed after Crimea and Ukraine too? Europeans especially Germany will ask US before hand. In either way, if Trump is adamant to escalate Anti China, derive he must be ready to compromise more. He has to die either in deep sea or fire.