Merkel Warns of G-7 Summit Split Over Trump’s ‘America First’

Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed to challenge Donald Trump on trade and climate at this week’s Group of Seven summit, saying the lack of room for compromise means leaders may fail to agree on a final statement.

Trump’s “America First” doctrine shows that “we have a serious problem with multilateral agreements,” Merkel told German lawmakers on Wednesday, two days before the G-7 summit starts in Canada. Failure to reach common ground could lead to the highly unusual step of host Canada issuing a concluding statement not agreed by all participants, Merkel said.