Comments from sources and participants
Source:
- G7 leaders trade session had dome emotions, but civilized, and diplomatic
- G7 leaders presented Trump with facts and figures. Trump countered with his own different data and did not budge on position
- G7 leaders understand Trumps trade position is due to domestic reasons, not because he does not understand
- EU's Juncker offered in G7 to visit Washington for common assessment on EU-US trade to resolve tariff dispute
Macron:
- There is a way to progress on trade and we had an open and direct conversation.
Trump on Macron
- We have a good relationship, very special, but we have tests once in a while when it comes to trade
- Macron has been helping to work on trade.