Editing G8 (section)

== Relevance ==
The G8's relevance has been subject to debate from 2008 onward.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Don |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-06-fg-summit6-story.html |title=On eve of summit, G-8's relevance is unclear |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=6 July 2008}}</ref> It represented the major [[industrialized countries]] but critics argued that the G8 no longer represented the world's most powerful economies, as China [[List of countries by GDP (nominal)|has surpassed]] every economy but the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/2010/08/16/news/international/japan_china/index.htm?hpt=T2 |publisher=CNN |title=China marches towards world's No. 2 economy |date=16 August 2010}}</ref>

[[Vladimir Putin]] did not attend the 2012 G8 summit at [[Camp David]], causing ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' magazine to remark that the summit has generally outlived its usefulness as a viable international gathering of foreign leaders.<ref name=FN>{{cite news| url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/05/14/welcome_to_the_new_world_order| title=Welcome to the New World Disorder| work=[[Foreign Policy]]| first=Ian| last=Bremmer| date=14 May 2012| access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref> Two years later, Russia was suspended from the G8, then chose to leave permanently in January 2017.

The [[G20]] major economies leaders' summit has had an increased level of international prestige and influence.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://bosco.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/05/16/three_cheers_for_homogeneity| title=Three cheers for homogeneity| work=[[Foreign Policy]]| first=David| last=Bosco| date=16 May 2012| access-date=16 May 2012| archive-date=4 March 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304000738/http://bosco.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/05/16/three_cheers_for_homogeneity| url-status=dead}}</ref> However, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] [[David Cameron]] said of the G8 in 2012:<ref>{{cite web |last=Horgan |first=Colin |url=http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/11/21/the-g8-still-matters-david-camero/ |title=The G8 still matters: David Cameron |publisher=Ipolitics.ca |date=21 November 2012 |access-date=25 March 2014}}</ref>

<blockquote>Some people ask, does the G8 still matter, when we have a Group of 20? My answer is, yes. The G8 is a group of like-minded countries that share a belief in free enterprise as the best route to growth. As eight countries making up about half the world's gross domestic product, the standards we set, the commitments we make, and the steps we take can help solve vital [[global issues]], fire up economies and drive prosperity all over the world.</blockquote>