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AP Was There: 1975 summit at French castle plants seed for future G7 club of wealthy nations
The six nations aimed to curb inflation, unemployment and declining world trade as the meeting later grew into the Group of Seven.
- On Nov. 15, 1975, U.S. President Gerald Ford gathered with leaders from France, Britain, West Germany, Italy, and Japan at the Chateau de Rambouillet, planting the seeds for what became the Group of Seven nations.
- Seeking to transform the global economic slump into prosperity by 1977, the nations aimed to align policies to reduce the 15 million jobless across Western countries.
- More than 3,000 armed French police guarded the 14th-century chateau, where 18 attendees including finance and foreign ministers deliberated around a 30-foot table.
- Ford "categorically rejected the view" that industrial expansion was impossible, while French President Valéry Giscard d Estaing stated, "I am optimistic. I think we can arrive at something concrete."
- These initial sessions became the G7 the following year when Canada joined, establishing a powerful tool for influence on foreign policy, security priorities, and economic strategy.
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AP Was There: 1975 summit at French castle plants seed for future G7 club of wealthy nations
When U.S. President Gerald Ford and leaders of the five other leading democracies gathered at a 14th-century castle outside Paris on Nov. 15, 1975, they planted the seed for what subsequently became the Group of Seven nations.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: When U.S. President Gerald Ford and the leaders of five other major democracies met for talks in a castle outside Paris on November 15, 1975, they planted the seed for what would later become the Group of Seven nations.
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