Saturday, June 09, 2018

Trump Leaves G-7 Summit With A Call To End 'Unfair' Trade

President Trump concluded his visit to the Group of Seven summit on Saturday with warnings to U.S. allies, saying if they don't eliminate barriers to trade, they could lose access to the U.S. economy.

Speaking in a solo press conference from the resort town of La Malbaie in Quebec, the president said that for too long, U.S. trade has suffered from "bad" trade deals agreed to by past U.S. presidents.

"The United States has been taken advantage of for decades and decades," Trump said. "I don't blame other leaders for that, I blame our past leaders. There was no reason that this should have happened."

Trump said he pushed for the elimination of trade barriers, including subsidies and tariffs, at the G-7 meeting.

Trump had already roiled G-7 members ahead of the summit and raised fears of a trade war when he placed tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada, the European Union and Mexico. All three trading partners have threatened to retaliate with their own levies against U.S. imports. - Read More

Trump Leaves G-7 Summit With A Call To End 'Unfair' Trade


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