A G7 deal could be agreed as early as Friday after progress was made among top officials in recent days
Host Japan was keen to get its G7 counterparts on board with the view that fiscal stimulus is the best way to kickstart global growth
Responding to stinging criticism, President Donald Trump has abruptly reversed his plan to hold the next year's Group of Seven world leaders' meeting at his Doral golf resort in Florida. "I think he knows," his acting chief of staff said Sunday, "people think it looks lousy." Trump announced a rare backtrack Saturday night after facing accusations that he was using the presidency to enrich himself by hosting the international summit at the private resort owned by his family. "Based on both Media & Democrat Crazed and Irrational Hostility, we will no longer consider Trump National Doral, Miami, as the Host Site for the G-7 in 2020," Trump tweeted. He said his administration "will begin the search for another site, including the possibility of Camp David, immediately." The striking reversal raises further doubts about the position of the president's top aide, Mick Mulvaney, who held a news conference Thursday announcing the choice of Doral for the summit. He insisted his staff had
Trump arrived in Biarritz fresh from having upped the ante with increased tariffs in the escalating trade struggle with China
The French official said that at this stage there was no plan for Zarif to meet members of US President Donald Trump's delegation at the summit venue
Leaders of seven developing countries agreed to promote infrastructure development to help boost growth
Trump's reluctance to embrace global climate deal signed by 195 countries annoyed Angela Merkel
G7 members will also discuss the refugee crisis and Islamist terrorism
The sessions are on June 12 and 13
Johnson flew to the Group of Seven summit meeting in Cornwall
Agreement paves way for levies on multinationals in countries where they operate, instead of just where they are headquartered.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden will meet in-person for the first time on Thursday in Cornwall, ahead of the UK-hosted G7 Leaders' Summit starting on Friday
The G7 comprises Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The G7 comprises Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be participating in the outreach sessions of the UK-hosted G7 virtual summit in Cornwall in the United Kingdom
As G7 involves some of the largest economies in the world, there is greater acknowledgment that the glaring differences in economic security have spilled over to impact health security
G7 leaders are expected to unveil a global anti-pandemic action plan on Saturday to ensure that a devastation like the one caused by the ongoing Covid-19 crisis is never repeated in the future
West must offer an alternative to China, says official, adding that G7 will scold China over Xinjiang forced labour
The United States plans to push democratic allies on Saturday to publicly call out China for forced labour practices as the Group of Seven leaders gather at a summit
China on Sunday asserted that the days when a "small" group of countries decided the fate of the world are long gone