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conference ahead of Friday’s G7 meeting
Friday, June 8, 2018 –
6:00am
Donald Trump has announced he will leave the upcoming G7 meeting
early, skipping sessions of the meeting on climate change and the
environment.
The announcement came after a series of bitter Twitter exchanges
between Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau.
“The pointed exchange between the leaders highlighted deep
divisions that were already clearly evident before Friday’s
summit,” The Guardian says.
What did world leaders say?
Speaking to reporters, Trudeau and Macron both took aim at the
recent introduction of steep trade tariffs by the US, which Trudeau
described as “unilateral and illegal”, adding that Trump’s
“unacceptable actions are going to harm his own citizens”.
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Macron then called on all G7 members to push back against the US
attempts to produce a “crude hegemony”.
“I believe in cooperation and multilateralism because I will
resist hegemony with all my strength. Hegemony is might makes
right. Hegemony is the end of the rule of law,” he said.
Can the group act without the US?
Macron hinted that the remaining members of the G7 would be
happy to sign a six country agreement at the meeting, should the US
not agree to the terms of any agreements.
“I think we would be making an error if we said we are ready to
give up everything, not to talk about the Paris accord or climate,
or trade, just to have that signature,” Macron said.
Trump replied to Macron’s remarks via Twitter, saying: “Please
tell Prime Minister Trudeau and President Macron that they are
charging the U.S. massive tariffs and create non-monetary barriers.
The EU trade surplus with the U.S. is $151 Billion, and Canada
keeps our farmers and others out. Look forward to seeing them
tomorrow.”
CNN reports that Trump has been “questioning
why he would attend a G7 meeting where he’s outnumbered on key
issues like trade and climate change”.
Senior Trump advisors have reportedly told him cancelling the
trip to the G7 entirely would “appear like he’s shrinking from a
fight he proudly began”, the network says.
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