G-7 Officials Toiling at Summit to Paper Over Trade Differences
- Leaders had warned G-7 could fail to agree on statement
- Trump facing a backlash from leaders in Canada over tariffs
Donald Tusk, from left, Theresa May, Angela Merkel, Donald Trump, Justin Trudeau, Emmanuel Macron, Shinzo Abe, Giuseppe Conte, and Jean-Claude Juncker during the G7 Leaders Summit in Canada on June 8.
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The leaders of the world’s richest countries have come together to smooth over their differences -- especially with U.S. President Donald Trump -- and to demonstrate they can still work together.
At the two-day meeting in La Malbaie, Quebec, the Group of Seven leaders are limping toward something that could look like a win, even if it comes far short of the broad communique signed by all attendees that typically comes out of their summits.