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(L-R) Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, European Council President Donald Tusk, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, US President Donald Trump, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attend a working session on “International Economy and Trade, and International Security Agenda” in Biarritz, south-west France on August 25, 2019, on the second day of the annual G7 Summit attended by the leaders of the world’s seven richest democracies, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States. (Photo by Andrew Harnik / POOL / AFP)

President Donald Trump on Sunday denied that his trade war with China is causing friction at the G7 summit, but indicated he will hold off from a threatened further escalation for now.

“I think they respect the trade war. It has to happen,” Trump told reporters in Biarritz, France, where he was meeting with…



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