• Boris Johnson says G7 can strike a balance between defending common values and conducting business with China.
• “It may be difficult but that’s what we have got to try and do,” British PM says of G7 meeting in Germany, he says.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It is possible to strike a balance between defending common values and conducting business with China, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday as world leaders gathered for the G7 conference in Germany.

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“China is a gigantic fact of our lives…

Every country gathered here today at the G7 does a huge amount of business with China. The question is can we continue to do that,” Johnson said during an interview that aired on CNN’s “State of the Union” programme, adding: “I think there is a balance to be struck… It may be difficult but that’s what we have got to try and do.”