a
nondiscriminatory basis;

members--(101) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria,
Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil,
Burkina, Burma, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic,
Chad, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia,
Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia,
Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Haiti, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland,
India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan,
Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Macau, Madagascar,
Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico,
Morocco, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan,
Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra
Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden,
Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia,
Turkey, Uganda, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia,
Zimbabwe
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_#_Group of 2 (G-2)

established--informal term that came into use about 1986;

aim--bilateral economic cooperation between the two most powerful
economic giants;

members--(2) Japan, US
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_#_Group of 3 (G-3)

established--NA October 1990;

aim--mechanism for policy coordination;

members--(3) Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela
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_#_Group of 5 (G-5)

established--22 September 1985;

aim--the five major non-Communist economic powers;

members--(5) France, Germany, Japan, UK, US
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_#_Group of 6 (G-6)--not to be confused with the Big Six;

established--22 May 1984;

aim--seeks to achieve nuclear disarmament;

members--(6) Argentina, Greece, India, Mexico, Sweden, Tanzania
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_#_Group of 7 (G-7)--membership is the same as the Big Seven;

established--22 September 1985;

aim--the seven major non-Communist economic powers;

members--(7) Group of 5 (France, Germany, Japan, UK, US) plus
Canada and Italy
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_#_Group of 8 (G-8)

established--NA October 1975;

aim--the developed countries (DCs