Trudeau says all G-7 members signed joint statement, despite tensions with Trump
By Max Greenwood - 06/09/18 05:00 PM EDT
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday that all members of the Group of Seven (G-7) had signed on to a joint statement, ending speculation that the United States could be excluded from such a communique.
"I’m happy to announce that we’ve released a joint communique by all seven countries," Trudeau said in closing remarks at the G-7 summit in Charlevoix, Canada.
The group of industrialized democracies — the U.S., France, Canada, Italy, Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom — traditionally issues a joint communique at the conclusion of their annual summit.
But President Trump, defiant over objections to his administration's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, went into the G-7 summit ready for confrontations from some of America's closest allies.
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