Global long root $A$-packets for $\mathsf{G}_2$: the dihedral case

Cuspidal automorphic representations $\tau$ of $\mathrm{PGL}_2$ correspond to global long root $A$-parameters for $\mathsf{G}_2$. Using an exceptional theta lift between $\mathrm{PU}_3$ and $\mathsf{G}_2$, we construct the associated global $A$-packet and prove the Arthur multiplicity formula for these representations when $\tau$ is dihedral and satisfies some technical hypotheses. We also prove that this subspace of the discrete automorphic spectrum forms a full near equivalence class. Our construction yields new examples of quaternionic modular forms on $\mathsf{G}_2$.