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The G7 Summit: Expectations V/S Reality

The world economy is approaching a recession gradually and the Amazon fires issue has burned its way to the locus of the climate change debate of the G-7 summit 2019 held in Biarritz, France. We have gathered a set of expectations which were widely anticipated from the G7 Summit. Later on, in this article, we put forward a brief of what genuinely took place at the G7 Summit, held in Biarritz, France.

Expectations:
Emmanuel Macron, president of France and the host had little expectation from Donald Trump as to join any statement on fighting climate change even after the Amazon fire devastation, as Trump is largely indifferent in international agreements. 
Macron had abruptly put the Amazon fires on the agenda and had threatened to block a European Union trade deal with several South American States, including Brazil as well as Ireland. However, German Chancellor, Angela Merkel completely disagreed with Macron on this topic. 
Earlier this week, Macron told reporters that the situation was difficult because on subjects like trade, Iran or the climate, for the first time in a long time the seven were not unanimous.
All eyes were likely to be on the binary between Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, two figures who relish the perplexity they have sown. Angela Merkel is in her last term of office. Canadian leader Justin Trudeau, up for re-election this fall, is at the epicentre of a political scandal. Macron himself is profoundly detested in France, and the yellow vest protesters who have overwhelmed him since last year have shadowed him to Biarritz. 
Lowered expectations are nothing new for the G-7, but this year’s intent was merely to avoid diplomatic catastrophe, salvage the possible and show the voters that their leaders have a role on the world stage. 

Reality:
 US President Donald Trump pressed the G7 group to reinstate Russia as a permanent member of the group. However, no consensus was reached on whether or not to invite Russia to the next year’s G7 summit in the United States.
Trump notably skipped the climate crisis meeting of the G7 wherein the G7 pledged to spend more than $20m on fighting fires tearing through the Amazon rainforest
 Donald Trump also expressed readiness to meet Iran’s President under the right circumstances to end tensions over the 2015 nuclear deal. Trump, however, ruled out reimbursing for losses suffered by Iran and made crippling sanctions.
A new trade agreement was locked between the US and Japan. The deal aims to secure market access for several American agricultural goods and Japan has agreed to purchase large sums of corn from the US.
 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi while interacting with the media alongside US President Donald Trump said that all issues between India and Pakistan are bilateral and does require any mediation.
On Brexit, “Europe is very much unified in its representation here," said Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel. "We will have some work to do in the autumn on Britain's exit. So, we face some busy weeks ahead."
Emmanuel Macron said that France would scrap its own digital tax once a new international levy being discussed among 134 OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries was in place. Paris would refund the difference if its national tax turns out to be higher, he added. 

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