'Trade war is not convenient for anyone' - G7 foreign ministers discuss global issues in Canada

Record ID: 1984192

  • Title: 'Trade war is not convenient for anyone' - G7 foreign ministers discuss global issues in Canada
  • Date: 13th March 2025
  • Summary: CHARLEVOIX, QUEBEC, CANADA (MARCH 13, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ITALY'S FOREIGN MINISTER, ANTONIO TAJANI, SPEAKING WITH JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) ITALY'S FOREIGN MINISTER, ANTONIO TAJANI, SAYING: "I will see (U.S. Secretary of State Marco) Rubio tomorrow morning. We will talk about the international situation as regards transatlantic relations, with it being under
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  • Keywords: Canada Charlevoix G7 Quebec Rubio Trump
  • Location: CHARLEVOIX, QUEBEC, CANADA
  • City: CHARLEVOIX, QUEBEC, CANADA
  • Country: US
  • Topics: G7,North America,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001855713032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:With foreign ministers of leading Western democracies seeking to show a united front in Canada Thursday (March 13), the foreign ministers of Italy and Germany spoke on the sidelines of the G7 summit to underscore their unity.
    The meeting comes after seven weeks of rising tensions between U.S. allies and President Donald Trump over his upending of foreign policy on Ukraine and imposing of tariffs.
    The Group of Seven ministers from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States, along with the EU, convened in the remote tourist town of La Malbaie, nestled in the Quebec hills, for two days of meetings that in the past have broadly been consensual on the issues they face.
    Top of the agenda for Washington's partners will be getting a debriefing on U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's talks on Tuesday with Kyiv in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where Ukraine said it was ready to support a 30-day ceasefire deal.
    But in the run-up to the first G7 meeting of Canada's presidency, the crafting of an agreed all-encompassing final statement has been tough with some G7 diplomats questioning Washington's engagement in the process.
    A U.S. decision to impose 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports immediately drew reciprocal measures from Canada and the EU, underscoring the tensions.
    Nowhere have the difficulties for U.S. allies been more apparent than in Canada.
    Relations between the United States and Canada are at an all-time low, thanks to Trump's threats to impose tariffs on all imports from Canada and his constant musing about annexing the country to make it the 51st U.S. state.
    European diplomats said they hoped to use the G7 to assess directly how much influence Rubio has on U.S. foreign policy.
    Trump has used a wide array of officials not linked to the State Department in talks ranging from Ukraine to the situation in the Middle East, where allies have been alarmed by some of the erratic statements coming from Washington.
    (Production by: Maria Alejandra Cardona, Aleksandra Michalska, Dan Fastenberg)
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