Russia to be readmitted to the g seven it was all smiles during this family photo but besides the italian Prime Minister the other leaders are not on board with. Bringing moscow back into the g. Seven fold. The scene looks idyllic but as leaders pulled together for the socalled family photo it was clear that one of the men in the middle u. S. President donald trump was more focused on a family feud. Leaving washington for the summit trump set the tone for the days to come he left the u. S. As allies know what he thought of their relationship with their strong god like well we fought with you in the war three they dont mention the fact that they have Trade Barriers against our farmers they dont mention the fact that theyre charging almost Three Hundred percent. What it all straightened out well all be in love again. And then he threw in this surprising tidbit. Right here
you see in this city why are we having a meeting without russia being in the meeting i would recommend and its up to
influence i need does we all agreed that the return of russia to the g seven summits columns happen until substantial progress has been made in connection with the problems with ukraine. russia iran climate change world trade the list of issues on the g. seven summit agenda is long but it s far from clear if the leaders will be able to agree on anything substantial besides trumps tariffs on steel and aluminum from allies which splits the us from canada mexico and the e.u. there strains even within the european bloc the new italian prime minister giuseppe conte has openly expressed support for president trump. with tensions rising in a possible trade war looming amongst close allies the future of the g seven is hard to gauge many observers have said it s likely this summit will end without a joint communique signed off on by all its members. i m now joined by having a geek from the think tank german council on foreign relations trump says he wants
epic conte has openly expressed support for president trump. with tensions rising and a possible trade war looming amongst close allies the future of the g. seven is hard to gauge many observers have said it s likely this summit will and without a joint communique signed off on by all its members. joining me now is our correspondent claire richardson and come back thirty clare good to see you trumpets calling for russia to rejoin the g. seven how big a shadow has been cast over the entire meeting high of a well these g seven meetings are not meant to be surprising generally the countries who are meeting together have hashed out some kind of understanding of what s going to come out of them before they even sit down together so it certainly came as a major surprise when we heard it from calling for russia to be readmitted after it was suspended in two thousand and fourteen perhaps even more surprising the fact that the italian prime minister seemed to support this idea we heard chancell
but russia should be in the meeting you should be a part of it a provocation for german chancellor angela merkel she had spoken out against allowing russia back into the group and in canada she pushed back. when his influence i need does we all agreed that the return of russia to the g seven summits columns happen until substantial progress has been made in connection with the problems with ukraine. russia iran climate change world trade the list of issues on the g. seven summit agenda is long but it s far from clear if the leaders will be able to agree on anything substantial besides trumps tariffs on steel and aluminum from allies which splits the u.s. from canada mexico and the e.u. there are strains even within the european bloc the new italian prime minister just at the conte has openly expressed support for president trump. with tensions rising and a possible trade war looming amongst close allies the future of the g.
you see in this city why are we having a meeting without russia being in the meeting i would recommend and it s up to them but russia should be in the meeting you should be a part of it a provocation for german chancellor angela merkel she had spoken out against allowing russia back into the group and in canada she pushed back. with his influence i any does we all agreed that a return of russia to the g seven summits columns happen until substantial progress has been made in connection with the problems with ukraine. russia iran climate change world trade the list of issues on the g. seven summit agenda is long but it s far from clear if the leaders will be able to agree on anything substantial besides trumps tariffs on steel and aluminum from allies which splits the us from canada mexico and the e.u. there strains even within the european bloc the new italian prime minister just