G7 Leaders Gather In Canada For A Summit Overshadowed By Israel-Iran Crisis And Trade Wars

15 June 2025, Canada, Banff: A G7 logo can be seen on a glass surface of a building. The heads of state and government of the G7 group of important democratic economic powers are arriving today for their summit meeting in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. US President Trump, German Chancellor Merz and French President Macron are among those expected at the Kananaskis resort. Photo: Sophia Weimer/dpa (Photo by Sophia Weimer/picture alliance via Getty Images)

KANANASKIS, Alberta (AP) — Leaders of some of the world’s biggest economic powers arrive in the Canadian Rockies for a Group of Seven summit that’s been shadowed by an escalating conflict between Israel and Iran and U.S. President Donald Trump’s unresolved trade war. Israel’s strikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliation appeared to catch many world leaders unawares. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has decided to abandon the annual practice of issuing a joint statement. With other leaders wanting to talk to Trump in an effort to talk him out of slapping tariffs, the summit risks being a series of bilateral conversations rather than a show of unity.