The G7 v Donald Trump

The annual G7 summit starts today in France. The normally stuffy, formal affair has been shaken up in recent years by Donald Trump, who has sparred with nearly all of America’s allies. So is the G7 still the powerful, united global force it once was? And with China building its own alliance, how should it respond?

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Guest: Catherine Philp, world affairs editor, The Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Producers: Micaela Arneson.

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