By Tim Kelly KANANASKIS, Alberta (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to push ahead with trade talks on Monday, but failed to achieve a breakthrough that would lower or eliminate tariffs that threaten to hobble the Japanese economy.

World leaders are using this week’s Group of Seven summit in Canada to talk trade with President Trump, seeking to ease tensions over tariffs.Japan, the European Union, Canada and Mexico hoped face time with Trump would help them persuade him to lower at least some of his most onerous tariffs in exchange for a range of concessions,

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump met at the G7 summit to discuss trade tariffs, but no breakthrough was achieved. Japan hopes to negotiate the elimination of tariffs that could harm its economy.