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Trump takes hard line with US allies at G-7 summit | TheHill

posted onJune 10, 2018
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Article snippet: MORE exited the Group of Seven (G-7) summit on Saturday with a stark warning to some of Washington's closest allies: reduce trade barriers or face consequences. As he prepared to depart early from the G-7 summit in Charlevoix, Canada, to head to Singapore ahead of his planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Trump delivered an ultimatum to foreign leaders, demanding that their countries reduce trade barriers for the U.S. or risk losing market access to the world's largest economy.  "They have no choice. I'll be honest with you, they have no choice," Trump told reporters at a news conference, adding that companies and jobs had left the U.S. to escape trade barriers abroad. "We're going to fix that situation. And if it's not fixed, then we're not going to deal with these countries." “We’re the piggy bank that everybody is robbing,” Trump added at one point. “And that ends.” He also warned the countries against trying to hit back against the steel and aluminum tariffs his administration recently announced, adding that he would continue to pursue such trade measures until other countries relented and agreed to "fair" trade deals with the U.S. "The European Union [EU] is brutal to the United States. And they understand that. They know it," he told reporters at a news conference ahead of his departure from Canada. "When I'm telling them, they're smiling at me, like, the gig is up." "They can't believe they got away with it. Canada can't believe it got aw... Link to the full article to read more

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