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Battered by Trump, G7 leaders choose to be 'polite,' productive
Reuters ^ | David Ljunggren, Jean-Baptiste Vey

Posted on 06/07/2018 10:42:19 AM PDT by mandaladon

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Seven rich nations headed for a summit in Canada on Thursday more divided than at any time in the group’s 42-year history, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies risk causing a global trade war and deep diplomatic schisms.

In a bid to rebuild America’s industry, Trump has imposed hefty tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, including those from key G7 allies like Canada, Japan and the European Union.

He has threatened to use national security laws to do the same for foreign car imports and has walked back on environmental agreements and an international deal to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb.

Trump will arrive in Canada on Friday, on the way to Singapore where he hopes to strike a historic nuclear deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The U.S. president is in no mood for compromise over trade and now has frosty relations with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the summit host. Pleas by the other member countries for exemptions from the steel and aluminum tariffs, which went into effect on June 1, have fallen on deaf ears in Washington.

But rather than seek a fight with Trump at the summit, French President Emmanuel Macron made an appeal for productive discussion.

“In this environment, above all we always have to stay polite, stay productive and try to convince (them), to keep the United States on board because they are our historical ally and we need them,” Macron told a news conference held with Trudeau in Ottawa on Friday.

But he urged the other industrialized countries to stick together.

“We must not fall apart. The six other nations of the G7 represent a market that is larger than the American market,” Macron said.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Canada; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Germany; Japan; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
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Adding to the uncertainty is European anger over Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the international nuclear agreement with Iran. European allies have urged Trump to reconsider.~~~~~~~~~~~I wonder why this Iran deal is so important to them...
1 posted on 06/07/2018 10:42:19 AM PDT by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon
“I think they will express their concern, probably more individually than as a group, quietly,” said James Blanchard, a former U.S. ambassador to Canada for former President Bill Clinton. “I don’t think anybody is going to confront him.”~~~~~~~~~~~Intimidated a little?
2 posted on 06/07/2018 10:44:03 AM PDT by mandaladon (It's always good to be underestimated. ~Donald Trump)
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To: mandaladon

Trump wants to negotiate a deal where everyone comes out ahead.

The Globalists want to negotiate a deal where the US loses.

I expect more winning.


3 posted on 06/07/2018 10:45:15 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: mandaladon

Rumours suggest 60 billion Euro in trade for the EU over three years if no barriers exist.


4 posted on 06/07/2018 10:48:44 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: mandaladon

Their plan to have the UN control all the money in the World is over ,LOL


6 posted on 06/07/2018 10:55:21 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: ClearCase_guy

Trump wants to negotiate a deal where everyone comes out ahead.

The Globalists want to negotiate a deal where the US loses.

Please read my tagline.


7 posted on 06/07/2018 10:57:07 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Trump does what is good for Americans. Then, the world gets their pants in a knot, too bad!)
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To: mandaladon

California’s economy is bigger than France, and NY’s is bigger than Canada. The G7 is going to have to come to terms with the fact that the game can no longer be rigged. It was unsustainable, and Trump is ultimately going to do them a favor here.


8 posted on 06/07/2018 10:57:31 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: pepsionice

Reducing tariffs would help both sides.


9 posted on 06/07/2018 10:59:21 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: mandaladon
I wonder why the Iran deal is so important

Count de Money
10 posted on 06/07/2018 10:59:23 AM PDT by BigEdLB (BigEdLB, Russian BOT, At your service)
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To: mandaladon

“Battered by Trump, G7 leaders choose to be ‘polite,’ productive”

Good choice.


11 posted on 06/07/2018 11:01:04 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: mandaladon

12 posted on 06/07/2018 11:04:40 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: mandaladon

Everyone was stuffing their pockets


13 posted on 06/07/2018 11:06:57 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Exactly right.

The ideologues care solely about ideology and their anti-US agenda.


14 posted on 06/07/2018 11:11:46 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: mandaladon
Euroweenies - get out of the way.


15 posted on 06/07/2018 11:13:03 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

What’s the story behind that!?


16 posted on 06/07/2018 11:15:24 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: SaveFerris

Is that today? OMG LOL


17 posted on 06/07/2018 11:16:34 AM PDT by BigEdLB (BigEdLB, Russian BOT, At your service)
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To: piasa
Don't know. LOL.

Just saw it one day and grabbed it. Enough of the estrogen-laced "men" as "leaders" - and that includes Barack Hussein Obama.


18 posted on 06/07/2018 11:18:22 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: BigEdLB

Nah, somebody posted it a week or two ago. It makes me LOL.


19 posted on 06/07/2018 11:19:02 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: mandaladon

It’s strange the Trump does not want to go to the G7 meeting and that White House staff don’t expect him to sign the communique.

You’d think he’d be eager to share his detailed knowledge of international trade policy with them, since it occupies so much of his time and attention.


20 posted on 06/07/2018 11:20:38 AM PDT by babble-on
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