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By Keith Porter, About.com Guide to US Foreign Policy

President Bush's Last G8 Summit

Thursday July 3, 2008
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July 7 to 9, the leaders of the largest industrialized countries in the world will meet in Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan for the 2008 G8 summit. This will be the last summit for US President George W. Bush as his final months in office wind down.

The summit is scheduled to spend much of its agenda discussing global climate change and the global food crisis.

Ironically, with the global economy in decline, the happiest leader at the meeting will not be an official member but an invited guest. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is riding high on his nation's and his continent's newfound international muscle. "South America is going through a magical moment. I do not recall having had in my whole political life such a reasonable combination of economic growth, macroeconomic stability and, at the same time, a strong policy of social inclusion," Lula said in a pre-summit interview.

More Resources:

The G8 has no permanent office or secretariat. But the University of Toronto maintains a great Web site tracking the history and the future of the G8.

Comments

July 8, 2008 at 7:13 am
(1) Tony Fleming says:

Hi Keith — Let me add another resources for your readers. InterAction, the largest coalition of U.S.-based development groups, is blogging the G8 Summit. A number of CEOs from our member organizations are sharing their views on the Summit’s agenda, plus staff on the ground in Hokkaido are reporting on developments as they occur.

http://blogs.interaction.org/g8

Tony Fleming
New Media Manager
InterAction
Washington, DC

July 8, 2008 at 7:13 am
(2) Tony Fleming says:

Hi Keith — Let me add another resources for your readers. InterAction, the largest coalition of U.S.-based development groups, is blogging the G8 Summit. A number of CEOs from our member organizations are sharing their views on the Summit’s agenda, plus staff on the ground in Hokkaido are reporting on developments as they occur.

http://blogs.interaction.org/g8

Tony Fleming
New Media Manager
InterAction
Washington, DC

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