1、 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i The G-7 Summit in Charlevoix, Canada: Changing U.S. Leadership in Global Forums ,name redacted, Specialist in International Trade and Finance June 25, 2018 Canada hosted the 44th annual Group of 7 (G-7) summit on June 8-9
2、 in Charlevoix, Quebec. The G-7 is an informal group of seven of the worlds largest advanced economies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. With roots back to the 1970s, the G-7 leaders meet annually to discuss and coordinate economic and foreign policie
3、s. The agenda for the 2018 summit, set by Canada as the rotating chair, intended to focus on economic growth, gender equality, jobs, and the environment. Discussions were marked by deep divisions between President Trump and other G-7 leaders on trade and Russia. The United States for decades has bee
4、n a leader in the G-7, but French President Emmanuel Macron emphasized that the United States faced a “united front” at the 2018 summit and found itself “isolated.” After departing the summit, President Trump withdrew his initial support for the eight-page communiqu that had been negotiated in the w
