US EditionG2 or Not G2: Trump's New Favorite Term for US-China Relations Carries a Lot of History's Baggage
Trump's revival of the G2 term signals a strategic stalemate with China, raising concerns among U.S. allies about sidelining and shifting global power dynamics.
- President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that `THE G2 WILL BE CONVENING SHORTLY` just before his summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea.
- C. Fred Bergsten proposed the G2 or Group of Two about 20 years ago to push the two biggest economies to coordinate on economic issues, and the idea faded after the Global Financial Crisis as the U.S. and China diverged.
- Beijing officials and scholars framed the revival as cooperation and multilateralism, with Guo Jiakun saying the two countries `can jointly shoulder our responsibilities as major countries`, while U.S. experts warned it `provoked significant anxiety in allied capitals` and noted `real anxieties in Asia`.
- Allies and partners now face immediate strategic consequences as they fear the U.S. defers to Chinese preferences, while India must manage America and engage China, reshaping its strategy.
- The revival positions the U.S. and China as co-equals in a U.S.-China bipolar dynamic, while C. Fred Bergsten emphasized G2 should complement, not replace, the G7 and G20 multilateral groupings.
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