The G7 summit in Canada approaches trade, wars, aimed at avoiding conflict with Trump

The group of seven leaders meets in Canada, with questions such as the Israeli-Iranian conflict and the American prices on the agenda, while the nations hope to avoid clashes with US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly threatened to annex the host nation.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his priorities strengthened peace and security, building critical mineral supply chains and creating jobs. But Trump’s prices on countries around the world and conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine are expected to receive great attention during the summit.

Israel and Iran launched new attacks against each other on Monday, increasing the number of deaths in the conflict that started with an Israeli offensive on Friday.

A G7 official said that leaders were planning to issue a joint declaration calling for de -escalation in the conflict.

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US President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Calgary International Airport on Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Calgary, Canada, before the G7 summit. (AP)

The German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told journalists that his objectives for the summit understand for Iran not to obtain nuclear weapons, guaranteeing the right of Israel to defend himself, avoiding the climbing of the conflict and the creation of the place of diplomacy.

“This question will be very high on the agenda of the G7 summit,” said Merz.

Iran argued that its nuclear program is peaceful and that US intelligence agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran did not pursue a nuclear weapon.

The last time Canada welcomed the summit in 2018, Trump left before denouncing the Canadian Prime Minister of the time, Justin Trudeau, as “very dishonest and weak” and instructing the American delegation who remained behind to withdraw his approval from the final statement approved by the leaders of Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany and Canada.

“I asked our American representatives not to approve the press release while we look at the prices on cars flooding the American market!” Trump published on X, who at the time was still known as Twitter.

The notable image of this summit was from Trump seated with his folded arms with challenge while the German Chancellor of the Angela Merkel era looked at him.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, meets the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz before the G7 summit in Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge, in Kananaskis, Alberta, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP)

This time, Trump’s serious prices on many countries are at risk of a global economic slowdown and conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and now between Israel and Iran do not see an end in sight.

Other problems with an impact on world leaders include immigration, drug trafficking and new technologies such as artificial intelligence.

The diplomats said that Canada had abandoned the idea of ​​a traditional complete joint press release and rather issued chairs summaries in order to avoid a diplomatic disaster and maintain engagement with the United States

A senior Canadian official told journalists that Ottawa wanted to focus on the actions that seven members – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom and United States could take together.

Asked while he was leaving the White House on Sunday if he planned to reveal trade agreements at the top, Trump said: “We have our business agreements. All we have to do is send a letter:” This is what you will have to pay “. But I think we will have some new commercial offers.”

The United Kingdom has reached a commercial framework with the United States which included quotas to protect itself from certain prices, but the basic line of 10% would remain.

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A worker is preparing a sign before the G7 summit in a satellite location in Banff, Alberta, Canada, June 14, 2025. (Reuters)

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A senior American official said on Friday that professional discussions would cover trade and the world economy, critical minerals, smuggling of migrants and drugs, forest fires, international security, artificial intelligence and energy security.

“The president is impatient to pursue his objectives in all these areas, in particular by making American and reciprocal American trade relations,” said the official.

Trump will have at least three bilateral meetings planned at the summit with other world leaders, notably with Carney, Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum and the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Reuters and the Associated Press contributed to this report.