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Top finance officials from the world’s seven wealthiest democracies have set aside stark differences on US tariffs and agreed to counter global “economic imbalances”, a swipe at China’s trade practices.

Ahead of the meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bank governors there had been doubt about whether there would be a final communique, given divisions over US tariffs and Washington’s reluctance to refer to Russia’s war on Ukraine as illegal.

But after talks that stretched over three days, participants signed a lengthy document that was devoid of previous language on fighting climate change, left out their traditional defence of free trade and softened references to the Ukraine war.