If the G7 summit does not issue a communique, it will be the first time since the G7 summit was held in 1975 that a joint communique cannot be issued.
Today (24th), French President Mark Long will face a rather tricky extreme stress test in his presidency: the global trade countercurrent, the uncertain prospect of Brexit, the Trump administration’s promotion of the "American model", the disagreement between France and the United States on the "digital service tax" and the debate on climate change issues, all of which will appear at the G7 summit in biarritz. If not handled properly, a grand event aimed at showing France’s strength globally may be posted.
The biggest concern of the outside world is whether the G7 Summit will repeat the same mistakes and end awkwardly as the 2018 G7 Summit in Quebec, Canada. With US President Trump present, can Macron still control the audience?
Before the G7 summit, Macron had an hour-long conversation with Trump, and then Macron told the outside world at a press conference that this summit might not be able to issue a joint communique. "Let’s be honest, no one reads those joint communiques." He said.
If this happens, it will be the first time since the G7 Summit was held in 1975 that a joint communique cannot be issued.
Zhao Yongsheng, director of the French Center for Economic Research in university of international business and economics and professor of finance, who is currently doing research in France, told the First Financial Reporter: "For western European countries, the most fundamental issue is trade and climate, but both of them will turn Europe and America against each other. I communicated with some of these officials and thought that the joint communique should not be issued this time because the parties could not reach a consensus. "

Trump brings stress tests to G7.
Judging from the current advance notice given by the US to Trump in France, the topics he wants to discuss have certain conflicts with other countries in the G7.
Specifically, according to foreign media reports, senior US government officials said anonymously that Trump will attend the G7 summit in France from 24th to 26th, and will discuss the economic model promoted by the Trump administration through tax reduction and deregulation.
The aforementioned US government officials said that Trump will discuss the US economic policy and the economic growth rate achieved, and compare it with Europe, where the current economic growth is stagnant.
At the same time, Trump will also discuss with Europe, Japan and Canada how to open the market and increase the channels for American companies to sell goods and services.
The official also said that Trump would also express his dissatisfaction with the French digital service tax to Macron and hold bilateral talks with the new British Prime Minister Johnson to discuss the US-UK trade agreement and the issue of Brexit.
In this case, as mentioned earlier, Macron has reduced its willingness to issue a joint communique.
He said that he himself had stayed up all night to catch up with the publication of the joint communique, but the wasted time could have been better used to formulate strategies. He will hold more "useful" and informal "closed-door meetings" so that leaders can discuss key issues more closely.
At the same time, France has also set the theme of this session as "Combating Inequality".
Judging from the agenda of this meeting, France has tried its best to avoid contradictions. Etien, foreign affairs adviser to the French President, said in an interview with China Business News: "Our work should focus on the achievement of concrete results, such as the work in some specific areas, such as environmental equality, gender equality, Africa policy, basic medical services, equality in schooling, tax equality and cyber security."
In this regard, Zhao Yongsheng commented to the First Financial Reporter: "As far as the theme of the conference is concerned, the French color is too strong. The most serious problem in the world today is trade, such as the trade friction between Japan, South Korea and Europe and the United States. As the group of the most developed countries in the West, G7 should take trade as the theme of the meeting. Now France does not discuss the most important things, but finds an anodyne theme. "
Zhao Yongsheng analyzed: "the French is more tactful, for example, the theme should have been ’ Combating trade friction ’ , now changed to ’ Combating inequality ’ The theme itself is to reach some consensus. "
"This summit is a good exhibition opportunity for Macron, and if it ends in discord, it will be very unfavorable for France," Zhao Yongsheng added, "because ’ Yellow vest ’ The movement has basically subsided, and the French economy is also improving. In the second quarter of this year, only France has achieved positive growth in several major European economies, so the G7 (for Macron) must succeed. "
On the other hand, Trump’s behavior is still unknown. Su Qingyi, deputy director and associate researcher of the International Trade Research Office of the Institute of World Economics and Politics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the First Financial Reporter that Trump would not change his style at this French summit. He said: "Trump will only consider the interests of the United States and target all countries with a tough stance."
From trade to digital tax, there are many differences between Europe and America in G7.
Under the theme of tepid conference, great differences between Europe and America on trade, digital tax, climate, Iran and other issues are surging.

In terms of trade, Trump once again mentioned the car tax recently, and accused the EU of always charging high prices to the United States, which made it difficult to deal with it. However, if the United States only levies a car tax on it, the EU will "give us anything we want. After all, they want to sell a lot of cars in the United States."
At present, in the "232 investigation" report on imported cars and spare parts, the United States has determined that imported cars and spare parts threaten to damage US national security, and will start the next action around November 14.
The EU is preparing for a low profile. Cecilia Malmstrom, the outgoing Commissioner of the EU Trade Commission, pointed out at a hearing at the end of July that if the US introduced punitive tariffs on European cars, the total value of US products involved in the counter-measures list prepared by the EU would reach 35 billion euros.
Her statement this time nearly doubled the "20 billion euro scale list" revealed by the EU in February this year. She later explained to the media that this new counter-measure scale reflects the latest trade data. Mamstrom also admitted that the negotiations between the EU and the United States "have not made any progress."
Digital service tariff is a thorny thorn between France and the United States. At present, Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on French wines. However, Macron has not backed down in this regard. At the press conference on the 21st, he continued to urge Washington to help reform the existing global corporate tax law, saying that American technology giants pay very low taxes, which is unfair and makes no contribution to common interests.
"(Most of the technology companies operating in Europe) are registered in Ireland because of their geographical proximity. The tax rate levied by Irish companies is low, but the key point is that G7 is not sure about this issue, and Ireland is not a member of G7." Zhao Yongsheng explained to the First Financial Reporter, "Second, for the United States, Trump was not very happy last time. This time France can only mention digital tax."
Zhao Yongsheng believes that the issue of minimum corporate tax rate and digital tax will not make much progress at this G7 meeting, because this issue is mainly aimed at Ireland and the United States.
In addition, on the climate issue, Trump’s resistance attitude is also very clear. Not only did he withdraw from the Paris Agreement in 2017, but he simply did not attend the meeting on climate issues at the G7 Summit in Canada last year.
Macron also admitted that he knew where the differences with the United States were. If a communique containing the Paris Agreement was written, President Trump would definitely not agree, which was meaningless.
"Climate issues are the lifeblood of France and Western European countries, but the United States does not take this seriously at all." Zhao Yongsheng compared the attitude of Europe and the United States and said, "Why did the United States withdraw from the Paris Agreement? If we follow the European practice, the United States will not survive. Trump wants to reopen the coal mine because he wants to work. "