Brazil Diverges From Most G7 Documents, Says Texts Were Shaped to Avoid Upsetting Trump

Brazil joined only two of the five documents released by the French presidency on the second day of the G7 summit in Évian, France. For the Brazilian government, the texts were shaped to avoid President Donald Trump’s veto of the United States’ participation in the summit, omitting issues such as climate change and the role of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Brazil rejected the statement on international development partnerships, considering it insufficient and saying it ignored environmental issues, foreign debt and the fight against hunger. It also rejected the text on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda because it did not mention the WHO, a position formalized by Lula in a letter to Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom.

Brasília joined the statements on cancer and drug trafficking, and the protection of children on social media is also expected to receive the country’s approval. However, texts on macroeconomic imbalances, migration and critical minerals are expected to be rejected.

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