G7 summit opens in Canada, with leaders to address trade, wars while hoping to avoid clash with Trump

Group of Seven leaders are gathering successful Canada, with issues specified arsenic the Israel-Iran struggle and U.S. tariffs precocious connected the agenda, portion nations anticipation to debar clashes with U.S. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly threatened to annex the big nation.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his priorities are strengthening bid and security, gathering captious mineral proviso chains and creating jobs. But Trump's tariffs connected countries astir the satellite and the conflicts successful the Middle East and Ukraine are expected to person dense attraction during the summit.

Israel and Iran launched caller attacks connected each different overnight into Monday, raising the decease toll successful the struggle that began with an Israeli violative connected Friday.

A G7 authoritative said the leaders program to contented a associated connection calling for de-escalation successful the conflict.

AT LEAST 8 KILLED, DOZENS WOUNDED IN ISRAEL AFTER IRAN LAUNCHES NEW WAVE OF MISSILE STRIKES

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives connected Air Force One astatine Calgary International Airport, Sunday, June 15, 2025, successful Calgary, Canada, up of the G7 Summit. (AP)

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told reporters his goals for the acme see for Iran to not get atomic weapons, ensuring Israel's close to support itself, avoiding escalation of the conflict and creating country for diplomacy.

"This contented volition beryllium precise precocious connected the docket of the G7 summit," Merz said. 

Iran has maintained that its atomic programme is peaceful, and U.S. quality agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency person said Iran was not pursuing a atomic weapon.

The past clip Canada hosted the acme successful 2018, Trump near earlier denouncing then-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arsenic "very dishonest and weak" and instructing the U.S. delegation who stayed down to retreat its support of the last connection endorsed by the leaders of Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany and Canada.

"I person instructed our U.S. Reps not to endorse the Communiqué arsenic we look astatine Tariffs connected automobiles flooding the U.S. Market!" Trump posted connected X, which astatine the clip was inactive known arsenic Twitter.

The notable representation from that acme was of Trump seated with his arms folded defiantly arsenic then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel stared daggers astatine him.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz up of the G7 Summit astatine the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge, successful Kananaskis, Alberta, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP)

This time, Trump's terrible tariffs connected galore nations hazard a planetary economical slowdown and the conflicts successful Ukraine, Gaza and present betwixt Israel and Iran bash not spot an extremity successful sight.

Other issues impacting satellite leaders see immigration, cause trafficking and caller technologies specified arsenic artificial intelligence.

Diplomats said Canada ditched the thought of a accepted broad associated communiqué and would contented seat summaries alternatively successful an effort to debar a diplomatic catastrophe and support engagement with the U.S.

A elder Canadian authoritative told reporters that Ottawa wanted to absorption connected actions the 7 members — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the U.S. — could instrumentality together.

Asked arsenic helium was leaving the White House connected Sunday if helium planned to uncover immoderate commercialized agreements astatine the summit, Trump said: "We person our commercialized deals. All we person to bash is nonstop a letter, 'This is what you’re going to person to pay.' But I deliberation we'll person a few, fewer caller commercialized deals."

The U.K. reached a commercialized model with the U.S. that included quotas to support against immoderate tariffs, but the 10% baseline would remain.

TRUMP SAYS ISRAEL AND IRAN 'HAVE TO FIGHT IT OUT' BUT BELIEVES DEAL IS POSSIBLE

A idiosyncratic prepares a motion up of the G7 acme astatine a outer determination successful Banff, Alberta, Canada, June 14, 2025. (Reuters)

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A elder U.S. authoritative said connected Friday that moving discussions would screen commercialized and the planetary economy, captious minerals, migrant and cause smuggling, wildfires, planetary security, artificial quality and vigor security.

"The president is anxious to prosecute his goals successful each of these areas, including making America's commercialized relationships just and reciprocal," the authoritative said.

Trump volition person astatine slightest 3 scheduled bilateral meetings during the acme with different world leaders, including with Carney, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.