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World Questions: G7 Summit

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G7 Summit

12/06/2021 GMT

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As the G7 summit starts in Cornwall, World Questions convenes its own parallel gathering

As the G7 summit starts in Cornwall, World Questions convenes its own parallel gathering.

As G7 wealthiest democracies gather in the UK to discuss the world’s big issues, World Questions convenes its parallel ‘summit’ tackling questions from the public all around the world. A powerful panel representing each of the seven countries discusses the threat to democracy, climate change, and whether China is a challenge to a rule-based world order. Jonny Dymond presents.
The panel: 
Senator Rui Matsukawa: Vice-Minister for Defence and for the Cabinet Office, Japan
Bob Rae: Canada’s Ambassador to the United Nations
Nathalie Tocci: Director of the Italian Institute for International Affairs
Christian Makarian: Former Foreign Affairs Editor of the French newspaper L’Express
Christopher Hill: US Former Ambassador to Iraq
Daniela Schwarzer: Executive Director of Open Society Foundations for Europe and Eurasia, based in Germany
Tom Tugendhat, MP: Chair of the UK’s Select Committee on Foreign Affairs

Producers: Charlie Taylor and Helen Towner
Sound Engineers: Darren Wardrobe, Mark MacDonald and Bob Nettles

BBC World Questions is a series of international events created in partnership with the British Council.

(Photo: G7 flags in circle on world map background, Credit: Kachura Oleg / Getty Images)

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