Trump To Attend Summit of G7 Leaders in Canada
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President Donald Trump is meeting with G7 leaders this week, as the administration runs out of time to secure tariff deals before next month’s deadline.
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Press Trust of India on MSNPM Modi to arrive in Canada for G7 Summit today, aims to reset strained India-Canada tiesPM Modi, who is on a three-nation tour, will arrive in Calgary from Cyprus at the invitation of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney
By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba heads to Canada on Sunday for trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, hoping to persuade him to drop trade tariffs that have imperilled Japan's auto companies and threaten to undermine his fragile government.
The G7 comprises the U.S., U.K., Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, as well as representatives from the European Union and other guest participants. The leaders of Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Ukraine, South Africa and South Korea have also been invited to this year's gathering.
The eyes of the world have turned to Kananaskis, Alberta, as the G7 meeting gets underway. Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the summit this morning. The meeting comes weeks into regular calls and text messages between Carney and Trump as they try to resolve an economic spat caused by Trump’s various tariffs.
TOKYO: Japan and the United States held another round of trade talks in Washington as officials try to reach an agreement ahead of a Group of Seven (G7) summit in Canada and a meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
President Donald Trump and other heads of state are set to gather in Canada for the annual G7 summit just days after Israel’s unprecedented strike on Iran. Ordinarily, such a development would dominate the high-level discussions,
Now Trump returns, both to the summit sanctum and to Canada, after a bruising tariff war and his refusal to back down from the 51st state threat. That stoked widespread anger in the country and helped fuel Carney’s spring election victory. Trump himself has claimed credit.