Hot mics at the G7 capture world leaders' chats between weighty topics
Hot microphones also caught leaders discussing Chinese EVs, a smoking milestone and gift exchanges, including 49,000 vehicles at a 6.1% tariff.
- At the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, on Tuesday, a hot microphone captured Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump discussing Canada's recent agreement with China regarding electric vehicles.
- Canada's agreement to allow up to 49,000 Chinese EVs annually at a 6.1 per cent tariff has frustrated Americans, who maintain a 100 per cent tariff on all Chinese EVs to protect their domestic auto market.
- Other hot mics caught lighthearted exchanges, including Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni revealing she hadn't smoked "since the first of May" and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer praising Cape Verde's "quite remarkable" 0-0 World Cup draw against Spain.
- French President Emmanuel Macron gifted personalized bicycles to his counterparts to promote next year's Cycling World Championships, while Trump drew laughs after spotting a watch Macron left behind during the working luncheon.
- The North American free trade agreement, known as CUSMA, enters a critical July 1 renewal window, offering the three parties an opportunity to address trade irritants and potentially extend the pact for 16 years.
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Hot mics at the G7 capture world leaders’ chats between weighty topics
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — The leaders of the world’s richest democracies are talking about how to tackle some of the world’s biggest problems this week, but hot mics at the
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Away from formal speeches on wars, trade and the global economy, world leaders at the G7 Summit in France found themselves in the spotlight for a different reason, candid conversations caught on hot microphones.
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The G7 Summit was meant to be about wars, trade tensions, economic uncertainty and global diplomacy. Instead, some of the most memorable moments emerged when world leaders appeared to forget that microphones were still switched on.Away from carefully crafted speeches and formal c
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