Did the Iran Deal Overshadow the G7?

June 18, 2026

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The G7 summit 2026 in Evian-les-Bains, France was intended to focus on long-term challenges such as AI governance, critical minerals and economic resilience. Instead, attention shifted almost immediately to the surprise US-Iran peace breakthrough, which dominated discussions and reshaped the summit's agenda.

Paul Samson joined Richard Bradbury, Sharaad Kuttan on Malaysian radio station, BFM 89.9 to discuss whether the G7 can continue to shape the global economic agenda or is it increasingly being forced into crisis-management mode by a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape.

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