A risk to themselves, and ofventing those convicted misdemeanor hate crimes from purchasing a gun. Live coverage begins september 4 on cspan. Today, President Trump and french president Emmanuel Macron held a joint News Conference at the end of the g7 summit. President macron announced hes open to meeting with the u. S. And iran to discuss nuclear security. Following their joint News Conference, President Trump continues to answer questions from the press. [applause] mr. President , madam first lady, ladies and gentlemen, following this g7 meeting we have just held, and we have been discussing for two days now, i am going to report back to you. First of all, i would like to thank President Trump and all the heads of state of government. They are here for the extremely Productive Work and productive discussions that have been had since saturday evening together. There was a lot of nervousness at the outset, a lot of expectations, a lot of tensions, and a lot of conflict. I can say that what we really working were keen to convey a positive and joint message following our discussion. Discussions on several topics. We havent negotiated a very long text as promised and you will get a one page declaration. It is just one page that covers some of the key items that were addressed. We decided to hold this joint conference. We decided to hold this joint conference. I will give the floor to President Trump and the president and the first lady will then proceed with their own press conference to the american press. I just wanted to sum up the different items on which we agreed and the topics on which we have made headway. Biodiversity, the digital economy, and others. We want to hold this conference together because next year, it is the United States that will hold the g7 summit. We are going to pass this along to President Trump. I just wanted to say that for the last two days, we have worked a lot together on several common points. We have a lot of things in common, but one thing we have in common is President Trump is we dont like to waste our time and we like to achieve concrete results and provide momentum. As soon President Trump arrived, we have a onetoone lunch, and there was a productive and interesting conversation we had together. From that point onward, we set the pace and kept the ball rolling to be as efficient as possible until the very end. A few things that are expected. As far as iran is concerned, President Trump and myself have had discussions in the last few weeks. There are a few things expected. We agreed that iran needs to comply with Nuclear Obligations there were two things that we discussed. Iran should never have had Nuclear Weapons and the institution should not threaten the region. France has taken a lot of initiatives and i have always informed President Trump on them to be able to move forward. It is a decision the u. S. Has made in the last few months, but it is indeed necessary to improve the security situation. We coordinated our efforts and reached a decision to bring together the foreign ministers, the foreign minister of iran to meet with the french Prime Minister, and a roadmap has sort of been set, but nothing is absolutely set in stone and we will have to move ahead together to find an outcome. This morning, president rouhani said he is prepared to meet any political leader in the interest of his country. This is what i mentioned to president rouhani on the phone as well, that if he agreed to meeting with President Trump, that my conviction was that an agreement can be met. We know the terms, we know the objective, but we have to sit around the table and make it happen. I hope in the last few weeks, we will be able to achieve this. The meeting between president rouhani, President Trump, and myself, and the partners that have a role to play in negotiations will be fully involved and i think this is very important, at the last few days have clarified the mission that is conveyed. A lot of work has been done between our ministers. I would like to thank the ministers who have been totally involved in these discussions and have set the stage for these discussions and for an agreement. Of course, i want to be very cautious and modest, but i think that this is going to lead to putting an end to escalation and reaching a solution. The discussions we had on saturday afternoon and saturday dinner have been very fruitful, and our presence is to ensure the stability of the region. The idea is to ensure iran doesnt get the Nuclear Weapons and have more visibility in the long term. As far as trade is concerned, we have also shared a lot of analysis and a lot of observations. Later on, ill go into the details of that but i think we can say our discussions have clarified what is legitimate and what the United States feels as an unfair situation. We have International Rules that govern International Trade, and in this one page document, we said this is very good to have a single organization. That governs International Trade. But so far, that body has not been very efficient in raising trade barriers. It has not been efficient enough in solving problems and not efficient enough in protecting the intellectual property of our industries. Discussions are underway currently, in particular between President Trump and president xi, and we have seen even in just the recent, very recent part of that agreement can be reached. So we want to reaffirm our desire to change the rules that govern International Trade, and to revamp them so that no one is dealt with unfairly. Thats our work is protected and the situation of the past is put to an end. This is something we need to work on together. Now, theres a lot of nervousness because of misunderstanding, because some very powerful economic players said, what about this digital tax that france has imposed . Well, weve reached a very good agreement, and once again the solid work that has been done by the ministers has really helped us to make progress. In our economies, we have a very unfair situation where some players dont pay taxes. So theres unfair competition with other players and there is large multinational players who dont pay taxes, which leads to significant instability on the economic front. Is this fair . It is not fair. Of course, we are pushing for International Rules on this, and at the european level, france, italy, even the uk is getting ready to do so, it has decided to do something at the national level. But it is not against any company in particular. Its just to solve the problem. In fact, a lot of French Companies will be impacted by this tax, and some of you have probably heard me say a few months ago that this is only to find a solution, to find an agreement internationally by 2020. To revamp international practices. This is to compat combat harmful trade practices that are also harmful to the u. S. Economy. Through this digital tax, we worked bilaterally as well to reach an agreement and overcome the hurdles. So theyre going to work on a bilateral and multilateral basis to find a solution together. Todays International Tax exists on digital services. France will do away with its International Tax system. Everything that has already been paid under the french tax system will be reimbursed. So the idea is that we need to in orderint agreement to address joint international problems, and the situation is very negative and the International Tax system definitely needs to be modernized. I think we Work Together in cooperation on this. As to libya, syria, north korea, hong kong, you will see in the one page document that weve made considerable headway in the spirit of unity, and also done some significant work as far as the Amazon Region is concerned. There have been relationships with president bolsonaro and we have taken a very Ambitious Initiative that the president gave this morning. After discussing it, all heads of state in the region at we had wished and President Trump visioned as well. I dont want to go into the details but i wanted to highlight these things that i just mentioned. I just want to say that we Work Together handinhand with President Trump over these two days, and during the g7 and i like to thank all my colleagues in fact, for this, weve managed to reach convergence at unprecedented levels on several issues. Were going to continue this work in the weeks and months to follow with a lot of energy and north korea knows how strongly President Trump is committed to this issue. Theres also the agreement of china and we are going to work hand in hand in all the different issues. I would like to thank you President Trump for your involvement the last couple of days. I would like to thank your first lady who is by your side and who has been very active, sidebyside with my own spouse, and she has honored us in our country. She knows how popular she is in our country, and President Trump will be hosting the g7 summit next year so i will give him the floor so that he can tell us how you intend to organize the g7. I will be there by your side with the same will and the same determination and the same desire for unity. Thank you. [applause] pres. Trump well, i want to thank you very much, and more importantly, i wanted to come up here to say that because the job that president macron, and your wife, by the way, who is a great lady, bridget, i would like to thank bridget. Shes been spectacular, spent a tremendous amount of time with melania and some of the folks who came in, some of the wives who came in and had a great tour of the area and its a beautiful area. I want to thank you very much, mr. President , for the incredible job you did. This is a truly successful g7. There was tremendous you become unity. There was great unity. Sometimes i would read a little bit of false reporting. In fact, we wanted to stay another hour, nobody wanted to leave. We were accomplishing a lot but i think were getting along very well. Seven countries, it really was the g7 and you have been spectacular leader on this. I want to thank you and i want to thank the very great country of france. Thank you very much. [applause] with that, i think, excuse me. Go ahead. Pres. Macron no, i just want to say we will take two questions on each side. Afterwards i will say goodbye to my friend President Trump. I will leave the room in order for you to follow up. Pres. Trump if you would like, we could do two each. Then we both leave the room. I just dont want to have the president of france stand here one answering these absolutely wonderful questions, okay . [laughter] pres. Trump so why dont we start with a question for france . Pres. Macron four questions about g7 and u. S. Franco relations. Pres. Trump go ahead. To france, yes. Thank you. China was not on the official agenda but it was certainly a big part of the discussions here at the g7. Are you concerned that the trade war that exists now between the United States and china could harm the Global Economy . If you are, did you talk to President Trump about that . And are you also concerned about if chinas current trade practices go unchecked, in a decade from now, we could be in a terrible situation . Pres. Macron [speaking french] translator we obviously had lengthy discussions. During the session, the World Economy yesterday morning. On both subjects. The discussions underway between china and the United States of america, obviously as we clearly see, creates uncertainty, which disturbed markets and investors. Negotiations, it will create tensions, which is the case of any discussion. We saw this on different stock markets with which you are familiar. Now the question is to know what the results of these discussions will be, and thats why we considered it was so important an agreement be found between the two greatest economic powers in the world. President trump clearly showed us his willingness to arrive at an agreement. We saw a few hours ago the very positive and encouraging message that could be distilled from this. We see that things are moving. Our deep wish is that an agreement be found between the u. S. And china concerning trade, because that would be positive for everyone. Neither the United States nor orna is economically industrially naive. It has to be a balanced agreement that would be good for it has to be a balanced agreement that would be good for everyone. And we will be vigilant to see that its good for the whole world. In that context, our different parameters will be taken on board and that was one of the subjects of the discussion. What is bad for the World Economy is uncertainty and the quicker an agreement is arrived at, the quicker that uncertainty will dissipate. Thats what we discussed yesterday and thats the american president s wish. In terms of trade practices, i said this earlier. For me, the most effective way forward and the most strategic way forward in settling our trade relations with china is to develop trade, but also to ensure that that trade is part of International Trade rules. The problems we sometimes have we are familiar with this with the chinese economy, where there is investment from the United States, european countries, canada, and japan. The problem is respecting intellectual property, dealing with excess capacity, which sometimes unbalances some world markets, and the ability to deal rapidly with conflicts we may have and with unfair situations. What we are obliged to see is that when this type of trade happens outside of wto rules, things do not work very well and were not properly protected. When you follow wto rules, the rules have allowed us to be protected on the subject. What we decided together yesterday morning was to accelerate with a very realistic agenda and to say we are going to change the rules of world trade. So everyone can have free and fair trade, balanced trade, and the subject i just mentioned which have sometimes been bad for our economies can be settled in an International Framework which we wish profoundly to change. And we and our different ministers of the different context putting forward are going to share these political goals. In my way of thinking, the to the way to deal with the practices you mentioned, certainly positive agreements will be arrived at and also the renewal of International Trade rules as we said yesterday morning. President trump, are you satisfied with how far the proposed wto reforms will go . Pres. Trump no, im not. You spoke about the need for that. And second to that pres. Trump we are getting there. Do you believe china is sincere about what it said this morning or do you think that just trying to calm the markets and play for time . Because our Sister Network has been told by chinese sources that they have no plans on going back to where they were in terms of negotiations this spring on intellectual property, transfer, ownership. So can you trust that they are sincere . Pres. Trump i do. I think they want to make a deal very badly. I think that was elevated last night very late in the night. I see an alert, you would call breaking news, and it was that the vice chairman, were not talking about somebody from china at a low level, vice chairman of china came out that he wants to see a deal made. He wants it to be made under calm conditions, using the word calm. I agree with him on that. And china has taken a very hard hit over the last number of months, they have lost 3 million jobs. It will soon be much more than 3 million jobs. Their chain is breaking. Their chain is breaking up like nobody has seen before, once that happens its very hard to put it back together. You understand. I think they very much want to make a deal and the longer they wait, the harder it is to put it back. If it can be put back at all. So i believe they want to do a deal. The tariffs have hit them very hard in a fairly short periods of time. The United States would have collected over 100 billion in tariffs. And say it again, reporters fail, the media fail to acknowledge it, but if you look at the goods coming in from china, we talk about china, not of the country. If a look at the goods, they have power that others dont have but that power is only good for so long. They have manipulated their currency. They have devalued their currency and put a lot of cash into the system. And because of that the prices have not got up or if theyve gone up. Because they want to keep people working. If the prices go up they are not going to be able to keep people working. They cannot compete. Its a brilliant market. It is a brilliant, brilliant market, the worlds market. A lot of markets are brilliant. And frankly, i think china cannot, i dont know, maybe they can, maybe they cant. I dont think they can do that. And i think that a very smart and a think president xi is a great leader who happened to be a bril