View from the summit: what did the G7 achieve?

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<p>Geopolitics has dominated this year’s G7 political meeting in Evian, France. Donald Trump offered scant detail on the <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/06/15/a-deal-is-only-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-us-iran-war?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Iran peace deal</a> but leaders promised to boost support for <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/06/11/ukraines-war-is-now-longer-than-the-first-world-war?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>. Though <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2026/06/04/sex-tourists-fuel-outrage-about-vice-in-japan?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">prostitution in Japan</a> has a long history, recent scandals have drawn it into the spotlight. And Britain’s <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/05/31/a-posh-and-peculiar-british-magazine-is-thriving?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Country Life</em></a> magazine has a winning formula: ignore the news. </p><br><p>Guests and host:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Sophie Pedder, Paris bureau chief</li><li>Moeka Iida, East Asia reporter</li><li>Catherine Nixey, Britain correspondent</li><li>Rosie Blau, host of “The Intelligence”</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Topics covered: </p><p><br></p><ul><li>G7, Donald Trump, Iran, Ukraine</li><li>Prostitution, Japan, sex work</li><li>Country Life, publishing, Britain</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—</em><a href="https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Subscribe to Economist Podcasts+</em></a></p><br><p><em>For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our </em><a href="https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>FAQs page</em></a><em> or watch </em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gczo71bg1uY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>our video</em></a><em> explaining how to link your account. </em></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>