French Finance Minister Lescure says G7 share common view that global macro imbalances are unsustainable and have to stop
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- Agreed to take domestic measures that will be tracked by IMF and OECD.
- Decided to extend on the critical materials alliance created by Canada last year that includes stockpiles, information sharing and boosting investment.
- Everyone agrees top priority is to take trade flows back to normal.
- Hormuz needs to be open, free of charge.
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- Canadian PM Carney is expected to announce tariff support measures for the steel and automotive sectors
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