G7 leaders push Trump on trade as talks continue

Leaders are besides torn connected a connection calling for de-escalation betwixt Iran and Israel

World leaders assembled astatine this week’s Group of Seven acme successful Canada volition effort to propulsion United States President Donald Trump to backmost distant from his punishing commercialized war, which experts accidental poses a hazard to planetary economical stability.

Most countries represented astatine the G7 are already taxable to Trump’s 10 percent baseline tariff with threats of much to come. European countries and Japan look further levies connected cars and alloy and aluminium. The G7 consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the US.

Arriving for a gathering with the host, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Trump said commercialized would beryllium the “primary focus” of the summit, which began connected Sunday and runs until Tuesday.

The commercialized contented is of peculiar involvement to Canada aft the Trump medication announced respective other levies connected Canadian goods successful caller months.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has been invited to the acme and volition person her ain face-to-face clip with Trump arsenic her state tries to renegotiate its three-way North American escaped commercialized agreement, which besides includes Canada.

While determination is small anticipation that the acme volition extremity with a breakthrough successful the commercialized negotiations betwixt the US and the remainder of the world, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is portion of Trump’s delegation.

Dozens of countries are locked successful negotiations with the Trump medication to clinch immoderate benignant of commercialized woody earlier the US imposes stinging “reciprocal” tariffs, threatened for July.

Last week, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the day could beryllium pushed backmost aboriginal for countries thought to beryllium negotiating successful bully faith.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told reporters helium would squad up with his counterparts from France and Italy to sermon the US commercialized menace with Trump directly.

“[French President] Emmanuel Macron, [Italian Prime Minister] Giorgia Meloni and I are firmly resolved to try, implicit the adjacent 2 days, to speech again with the US authorities to spot if we tin find a solution,” Merz told reporters.

“There volition beryllium nary solution astatine this summit, but we whitethorn beryllium capable to get person to a solution successful tiny steps,” helium added.

The European Commission handles commercialized negotiations for the 27-country European Union and the bloc’s commercialized chief, Maros Sefcovic, was besides attending the summit, accompanying the delegation of committee President Ursula von der Leyen.

Shortly aft arriving astatine the summit, von der Leyen connected Monday made an entreaty to “keep commercialized betwixt america fair, predictable and open” successful a veiled plea for Trump to backmost disconnected from his tariff onslaught.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said helium volition speech astir implementing the UK’s commercialized woody with the US during his one-on-one with Trump.

The UK successful May was the archetypal state to motion a preliminary woody with Washington to debar deeper tariffs though the 10 percent baseline levy stays successful place.

Starmer said the woody was successful its last stages and helium expects it to beryllium completed “very soon”.

Trade talks underscored by Iran and Israel

The commercialized talks travel alongside increasing tensions betwixt Israel and Iran arsenic the 2 countries speech attacks. On Monday, an Israeli aerial onslaught deed an Iranian authorities TV presumption midbroadcast. Calls for de-escalation person been a constituent of contention astatine the meeting, according to Al Jazeera’s James Bay.

“The occupation with the G7 is that you person a scope of views. You person President Trump connected 1 end, who it seems volition not adjacent motion a connection connected de-escalation. You person the Europeans, who person been saying ‘de-escalation’ since this existent concern started connected Friday,” Bay said.

“Japan was precise antithetic from the different countries. It was very, precise beardown successful its condemnation of Israel’s onslaught connected Iran, truthful you tin spot conscionable wrong the G7 a wide scope of opinions,” Bay said.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies