Given the repeated inability to issue a joint statement of conclusions, the periodic meetings of the G-7 - an informal group of great Western powers whose economic weight, in relation to their GDP, is decreasing - remain at the same time as the host every year he organizes them and his guest relationship. In this sense, that of Biarritz has been the G-7 of Macron, who has not wanted to miss the opportunity to claim himself as a world leader (despite his inability to stop the wave of social unrest in France) and, incidentally, put The agenda of interests is on the table. That is the reason why seven African countries have attended as guests (continent where France has a prominent presence), compared to one from Latin America (Chile) and another from Asia (India). However, the French president has succeeded in not only repeating Trump's move in Canada last year, but also saying he is willing to discuss issues on which he has so far been adamant .

The first is the difficult US relationship with Iran , which has been about to lead to direct confrontations in the Strait of Hormuz, after Trump unilaterally abandoned the anti-nuclear pact signed by Obama and five other powers with the Islamic regime and replace it with a rigorous policy of sanctions and commercial blockade . In the press conference between Trump and Macron that ended yesterday the meeting of Biarritz, the French president said that "conditions are met" to meet the US president and the top representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the religious Hasan Rohani Trump has not confirmed the meeting, but at least he has left the door open for a possible meeting, which will serve to stabilize a focus of international instability in such a sensitive area.

In addition to international security issues, Macron made Donald Trump, which in recent weeks has increased the level of pressure on the Chinese economy, calling Xi Jinping the great enemy of the United States, referring to him yesterday as a "great leader . " Trump said the US and China will resume talks starting Monday to stop a wild trade war that could lead to a new global crisis of unforeseeable consequences.

Finally, Biarritz left Trump with the promise to reconsider his position on the digital rate. The approval in France of a canon that affects Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon , which he accuses of eluding tax obligations, caused Trump's threat to impose tariffs on French wine. Macron has pledged to return the charge to technology companies if the US accepts the solution in which the OECD works. "We'll see if we can close" the deal, Trump said.

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