Leaders of the group of seven (G7) countries – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the US – will meet on Sunday in Cananascies, a distant town in Alberta, a far -off town residing in the foothills of Rockes, Canada.
This is the 51st G7 summit meeting. The first was held in 1975 in Rambowle, France. It was then called the G6 meeting because Canada was not a member for next year.
Russia joined the forum in 1998, making it a G8, but was effectively eliminated in 2014 after the acquisition of Crimea. Since then, the stage has been called G7.
Tense at this year’s meeting on June 15-17 is likely to increase for many reasons.
Intense discussions Expected about The crisis in the Middle East opens Israel on Friday after a massive strike on military and nuclear sites in Iran. This year’s meeting also takes place against the background Aggressive business tariffs Set – and then Sink To all countries except ChinaIt is now an agreement with the US – by US President Donald Trump earlier this year.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Corne may have been hit by Trump’s comments from the comments that Canada should be the 51st US state. In May, Carney Stated Canada “not for sale … ever” at a meeting with Trump in the White House.
The G7 represents 44 percent of the global total domestic product (GDP) but only 10 percent of the world’s population. Within the group, the US is the largest economy. Trump, who campaigned for president in a “USA First” message, has often expressed his displeasure over how much he contributes to global businesses.
At the last G7 summit of Trump in 2018, his National Security Adviser John Bolton, Posted On Social Media: “Another G7 that other countries expected by other countries that the US is always their bank. The president has made it clear today.”
So, who is coming this year and what do they talk about?
Who is attending the G7 meeting this year?
Canada is hosting this year’s G7 meeting – which is the seventh time the group president. Apart from the leaders of the G7 countries representing the summit, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Corne invited several nation heads from non -G7 countries.
These include Mexican President Claudia Sheenbam, who confirmed the attendance on Monday, saying that he did not conclude in May and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman was invited, but it is not clear whether he will attend.
The invitation to Modi has raised eyebrows in Canada. Relations There is pressure between India and Canada since former Prime Minister Justin Trudo accused India of assassinating India Sikh separatist leader In 2023 in Canada. The World Sikh Organization has said that the invitation of Corny is “betrayal of Sikh Canadians”, and the Sikh Federation of Canada has called it a “serious insult.”
But Carney, who is trying to diversify the Canadian trade from the US, defended her decision, inviting G7 India, as it is the fifth largest economy in the world and is at the heart of several trade supply chains.
“In addition, bilaterally, we have now agreed to the law enforcement conversation, so there is little progress about it. It identifies the problems of liability. In that case I have extended the invitation to Prime Minister Modi,” Carnne told reporters in Ottawa.
In March, Carney invited Ukrainian President Volodimair Jelensky to a meeting this week.
Leaders of Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, South Africa and South Korea are also expected to participate.
Does he discuss US business tariffs?
During the current tenure as President, Trump imposed Wide tariffs On each member of the G7, and on other countries in the world, global trade in the process. Trump says he wants to reverse the big business deficit between the US and other countries.
However, it is unlikely that LY will be solved during the G7 debate because Carney is mainly trying to prevent the decline in trade between member states, many of whom are still scrambling Safe business businesses With the US.
UK has reached First trade agreement With the US in May, when the tariffs on US goods are agreed to reduce the tariffs from 5.1 percent to 1.8 percent and to provide more access to US goods. In return, the US dropped high tariffs, leaving only 10 percent of its universal tariffs.
Both EU and Japan are hoping to hit their own agreements on each other after Trump’s 90 -day break on July 9.
Trump had a stone relationship with G7 in his first period as US President and left the 2018 summit – in Canada – Huff. At the end of the thought of being a successful gathering, Trump wrote on social media that he had directed his staff not to sign the final communication-the G7 countries were presenting the unity at the end of the summit-and the then Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudou called “very dishonest and weak”.
Experts say that communication is usually “never signed” for the formal paradigm, that the event indicates Trump’s unexpected.
John Kirtton, a G7 research group based in the University of Toronto, said that this year Trump is less likely to make a scene. He told the Indian Channel NDTV World that he had a good relationship with Trump and noticed that the US G7 would be hosted in 2027. “They don’t want to kill the G7 Golden Goose.
So, what happens on the agenda of this G7 meeting?
The G7 2025 Summit website lists three key measures in the agenda of this year’s discussion: “Protecting our communities around the world”; “Building fuel safety and accelerating digital transition”; And “securing the future partnership”.
But G7 leaders are likely to focus on opening up The conflict between Israel and Iran.
If this is not fully dominated in discussions, other items on the agenda at this year’s G7 summit may be global trade issues such as Russia-Ukraine and China.
Israeli-Iron crisis
Julia Kulik, director of the G7 Research Group’s strategy initiatives at Trinity College, Toronto University, said that the conversations on global peace could be focused Russia-Ukraine conflict And Israel’s war against Gaza It is now possible to turn to Iran.
“Donald Trump will have tough questions from other leaders about what is wrong with the talks and what they will do to exacerbate Israel before things are exacerbated,” Kulik Al Jajira told him.
The G7 is designed as a crisis response group that is capable of working quickly and adapt to international challenges… so in some ways they are good to respond to this weekend because they are capable of responding quickly. “
Robert Rogovsky, professor of trade and economic diplomacy of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, said there was no way to avoid the recent crisis of the Middle East. “The attack, the counter -counter and the US declares that it is not involved and its warning to be avoided as goals from American assets, because it now creates the possibility of a true, complete war in the Middle East. The major neighboring parties have to decide how to match themselves.” Said Rogovsky.
Global trade
While Carney hopes to cover controversial things that build friendly global supply chains for substances such as critical minerals, China may also be the focal point of debate.
After a meeting of the G7 Finance Ministers in Canada in May, the group released joint communication that it would continue to monitor the “non -market policies and practices” that would lead to the imbalance in global trade. This statement does not mention China, but “non -marketing policies” often refer to export subsidies and currency policies, stating that the Trump administration provides advantage in international trade. This statement was seen as a swipe in Chinese trade practices, especially its lending practices, which many see that it adds loans to poor countries.
Leaders of G7 are also expected to discuss care Increasing tense In the East and South China seas between China and Taiwan, as well as the presence of China’s expanding military.
Russia-Ukraine War
A joint statement of the G7 Foreign Ministers after the previous meeting in Quebec in mid -March expressed strong support for Keiv. It said that the financial ministers “discussed the imposition of higher costs on Russia” if the Moscow agreed to a ceasefire.
The UK and the EU announced a new round of restrictions against Russia in May, but Trump, who had a discussion with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said the US would not follow it.
Restrictions and ceasefire against Russia may be the focal point of discussions this week.
Global development
It can be a thorny problem.
Global development, especially in African countries, is the primary center of G7 discussions. However, this year, the US has made it clear that it wants to predict economic and humanitarian help to other countries. This is mostly discontinued by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) And it states that it has planned a huge reduction for funding for other health and development initiatives overseas.
What meetings can be held other than the G7 summit?
US-EU
Donald Trump is expected to hold a meeting with the President of the European Commission, Ursula Van Der Leyen and Japan’s Prime Minister Shiger Ishiba. Both leaders are eager to accept a trade deal with Trump as soon as possible to avoid tariffs from each other, as they will be back in the early July after a break.
Uniy
A separate meeting of North American leaders can also be held on Trump, Carney and Mexico’s Claudia Sheenbam trade and border security. In February, Trump adjourned his planned 25 percent import tariffs at the last minute on Canadian and Mexican goods. Both the then Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudo and Sheenbam, agreed to increase the border security to prevent the smuggling of drugs and immigrants, which avoided trade war. Trump says he is especially concerned about the flow of Fentanil Drug to the US from both Canada and Mexico.
US-South Africa
South African President Cyril Ramafosa told reporters that a second meeting will be held with Trump during the G7 summit after the two leaders’ Gathering On May 21, in Washington, DC, when Trump accused South Africa of “genocide” against white farmers. In May, 59 white “refugees” were flown from South Africa To the US As part of the relocation plan of white South Africans designed by the Trump administration.
