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- The 44th summit of the Group of Seven (G7) was held in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada.
- It ended in complete disarray with US President Donald Trump blasting off host Canada and abruptly retracting his support for a joint statement, signed by every nation in the group.
- The summit was overshadowed by differences over trade tariff disputes and calls to readmit Russia.
- With Trump's isolation from other allies, the G7 has been billed as a ‘G6 plus one’ with the US on the out for the first-ever time.
- The five themes for this year's summit included,
- Inclusive economic growth
- Gender equality and women's empowerment
- World security
- Jobs of the future
- Climate change and oceans
- The current presidency of the G7 is held by Canada, which is also the host of the 2018 G7 summit.
- The 2019 summit will be held in Biarritz, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The presidency will also automatically shift to France in the year.
- Last year’s G7 summit was hosted by Italy.
- The G7 includes a group of seven most industrialized, developed and advanced economies of the world.
- It includes US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan. The countries meet annually and discuss global issues.
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