G7 live: Boris Johnson plays down seriousness of rift with EU on Brexit
Latest updates: PM says most conversations with other leaders harmonious and on other topics, as row with France over Brexit overshadows final day of G7
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Leaders at this summit have failed to deliver either the vaccine doses and investment needed to end the Covid pandemic or the real action it will take to stem the tide of climate change. This is an historic missed opportunity that leaves people everywhere dangerously exposed to these crises.
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G7 leaders agreed to coordinate their response to the challenges posed by China much much more closely", the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, said after the summit. As Reuters reports, Trudeau said at his news conference:
What we really came together clearly to say and put forward today was a need to speak with one voice [on China], a need to coordinate much more closely our working together and our focus.
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