1st G6 summit

Leaders at the summit

This was an unofficial forum (retreat) for the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and a chance for them to get to know one another. It was important to note that each of them had attained office the previous year due to unforeseeable circumstances.

Participants

These summit participants considered themselves representative of the "core" industrialized countries forum:

Issues

The summit was intended as a venue for resolving differences among its members. As a practical matter, the summit was also conceived as an opportunity for its members to give each other mutual encouragement in the face of difficult economic decisions. Rambouillet had no easy answers to what was then the most serious recession since the 1930s; but the main themes of what would later become known as the "1st G7/G8 summit" will remain for decades on the world's agenda—avoiding protectionism, energy dependency and boosting growth.

Issues which were discussed at this summit included:

• Searching and productive exchange of views on world economy
• Political and economic responsibilities of democracies
• Growth of interdependence and fostering international cooperation
• Inflation and energy crises
• Unemployment and economic recovery
• Fostering growth of world trade
• Monetary stability
• Multilateral trade negotiations
• Economic relations with the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc
• Cooperative relationship and improved understanding of developing countries
• Conference on International Economic Co-operation
• Cooperation via international organizations

Gallery of participating leaders

Core G6 participants

File:Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1975).jpg|France France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President (Host) File:Bundesarchiv Bild Helmut Schmidt 1975 cropped.jpg|Germany Germany Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor File:Aldo Moro.jpg|Italy Italy Aldo Moro, Prime Minister File:Takeo Miki 19741209.jpg|Japan Japan Takeo Miki, Prime Minister File:Harold Wilson.jpg|United Kingdom United Kingdom Harold Wilson, Prime Minister File:Gerald Ford presidential portrait (cropped 3).jpg|United States United States Gerald Ford, President

Notes

References

• Bayne, Nicholas and Robert D. Putnam. (2000). Hanging in There: The G7 and G8 Summit in Maturity and Renewal. Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate Publishing. ; OCLC 43186692 (Archived 2009-05-13)
• Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations. London: Routledge. ; ; OCLC 39013643

References

1. Japan, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan). Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] ([[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan). MOFA]]): [http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/summit/2000/past_summit/table_e/index.html Summit Meetings in the Past.]
2. Saunders, Doug. [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/weight-of-the-world-too-heavy-for-g8-shoulders/article25580012/ "Weight of the world too heavy for G8 shoulders,"] ''Globe and Mail'' (Toronto). 5 July 2008 – n.b., the G6 becomes the [[Group of Seven]] (G7) with the addition of Canada starting in 1976; and the G7 becomes the [[Group of Eight]] (G8) with the inclusion of Russia starting in 1997, reverting to the [[Group of Seven]] (G7) after the suspension of Russia in 2014.
3. Reinalda, Bob and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Bt3AzOHtXwgC&dq=G7+summit&pg=PA205 ''Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations,'' p. 205.]
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