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At G-7, Trump May Find Common Ground on Gender Equality, Africa

Patsy Widakuswara

   SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ, FRANCE - U.S. President Donald Trump is in Biarritz,
   France, for the G-7 summit, where he will be meeting world leaders who
   oppose his stances on many issues, including tariffs, Brexit, climate
   protection, China, Iran and Russia.

   But in this meeting of the leaders of the world's major industrialized
   countries,there could be areas of cooperation where Trump is willing to
   offer support, or at least notresist:women's empowerment and Africa.

   French President Emmanuel Macron, as the G-7 2019 president and summit
   host, has chosen combating inequality as the theme, with gender
   equality and partnership with Africa as key issues. He will be pushing
   several initiatives, including the Biarritz Partnership for Gender
   Equality and Partnership for the African Sahel. Macron also will be
   calling for renewed support for Affirmative Finance Action for Women in
   Africa.

   Despite Trump's skepticism of foreign aid and his rejection of
   globalism, including his famous statement in front of the 2018 U.N.
   General Assembly that the U.S. "will not tell you how to live or work
   or worship," his administration has indicated it may support at least
   some of these initiatives, noting that the White House has launched
   similar efforts.

   On Sunday Trump will participate in a G-7 working lunch on inequality
   and a session on the partnership with Africa later in the afternoon.

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