Trump at G7: US Will No Longer Be World’s ‘Piggy Bank’

Trump at G7: US Will No Longer Be World’s ‘Piggy Bank’
President Donald Trump holds a press conference ahead of his early departure from the G7 Summit in La Malbaie, Canada, on June 9, 2018. Leon Neal/Getty Images
Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
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QUEBEC CITY—President Donald Trump told the Group of Seven (G7) leaders that there should be no tariffs and barriers among the G7 countries, during the summit in La Malbaie, Quebec.

“You go tariff-free, you go barrier-free, you go subsidy-free. That’s the way you learn at the Wharton School of Finance” Trump told reporters on Saturday. “I did suggest it, and people were—I guess, they got to go back to the drawing board and check it out.”

Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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