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The 38th G-8 summit will be held in 2012 in

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President Obama chaired it at the Camp David retreat in Maryland in May 2012.
Updated On: Jul 17, 2026
  • USA
  • UK
  • Germany
  • Canada
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The Correct Option is A

Solution and Explanation

The G8 works on a rotating presidency: whichever member holds the chair for a year also hosts that year's summit. The question is set in early 2012 and asks about the 38th edition, so we need the 2012 chair.

  1. USA: The United States held the G8 presidency for 2012 and hosted the 38th summit at Camp David in Maryland on 18 and 19 May 2012, chaired by President Barack Obama. The venue had originally been set for Chicago and was moved later. This is the answer.
  2. UK: Britain took the chair the next year and hosted the 39th summit at Lough Erne in Northern Ireland in June 2013. Off by one edition.
  3. Germany: Its turn had come in 2007 with the Heiligendamm summit. Not 2012.
  4. Canada: It hosted the 36th summit at Huntsville, Ontario in 2010, back to back with the G20 at Toronto. Also not 2012.

So the answer is the USA. Two things are worth carrying forward. The G8 then had eight members, the USA, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada and Russia, and Russia was later suspended in 2014, which turned the group back into the G7. At Camp David the leaders spent most of their time on the euro zone debt crisis, the growth versus austerity argument, food security in Africa, and Syria and Iran.

Let us summarize:

  • 38th G8 summit: Camp David, USA, 18 and 19 May 2012.
  • The host follows the rotating presidency, which was with the USA that year.
  • UK 2013, Canada 2010 and Germany 2007 are the near miss years.

The correct option is (A), USA.

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