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G7 Opens at Évian as Trump's Iran Deal Overshadows France's Economic Agenda
World leaders gathered in Évian-les-Bains on Monday for the 52nd G7 summit, where France’s carefully built agenda on macroeconomic imbalances, critical minerals and artificial intelligence was overtaken by the preliminary U.S.–Iran agreement President Trump announced on the eve of the meeting. A news report on what is on the table at Évian, topic by topic — and on the deal that drew a defiant response from Prime Minister Netanyahu and cautious, undisclosed-terms skepticism on Capitol Hill.
Read more →A Peace That Looks Like a Defeat: The US–Iran Deal and the Arithmetic of Nothing
On the strategic ledger, the United States fought a four-month war and bought itself a return to where it started — minus the blood, plus a strengthened adversary. Measured against its own declared aims, the celebration is domestic and political, not strategic.
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