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.