A senior U.S. administration representative said the G7 would make an official announcement on the gold import ban on Tuesday. As well as the gold import ban, G7 leaders were also having "really constructive" talks on a possible price cap on Russian oil imports, a German government source said. The summit also provides an opportunity for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to demonstrate more assertive leadership on the Ukraine crisis. Global PartnersThis year Scholz has invited Senegal, Argentina, Indonesia, India and South Africa as partner nations at the summit. It was also a mistake to think of the Ukraine war as a local matter.
