US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet his counterparts from the Group of 7 industrialised democracies on Monday, with unresolved world crises on the agenda and questions about how President Donald Trump will approach foreign policy after his Republican Party’s massive losses in the midterm elections.
Two days of talks among the US, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan in Paris coincide with major protests across Europe, including in the French capital.
The Russia-Ukraine war, the Iran conflict, energy and artificial intelligence are among the main topics for discussion. Many US allies will be eager to hear how Trump plans to proceed on each.
The trip is Rubio’s first foreign venture since the midterm elections dealt Trump’s party severe losses and cost the GOP control of Congress, partly because of deeply unpopular policies like the Iran war.
