Newsfrom Japan
Jun 17, 2025 11:49 (JST)
Kananaskis, Canada, June 16 (Jiji Press)–The United States on Monday faced calls for withdrawing at an early date the high tariff policy introduced by President Donald Trump, at a two-day Group of Seven summit that started the same day in Kananaskis, western Canada.
Trump is poised to return home later in the day, without attending the second-day session of the summit among the seven major countries, citing a need to deal with escalating tensions in the Middle East.
On the first day, participants, apparently with the high U.S. tariffs in mind, exchanged opinions on maintaining and boosting the multilateral free trade system as part of their discussions on the global economy, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry. The G-7 leaders shared the view that they, through candid discussions, need to spearhead the world’s efforts to tackle a host of challenges.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stressed that the G-7 countries–Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States–should unite and lead the international community to build a rules-based free and fair economic order.
Over the Middle East, the leaders are believed to have discussed measures to prevent a full-scale military clash between Israel and Iran. U.S. media reports have said that Trump will not sign a joint statement the leaders may issue to call on both sides to de-escalate tensions.
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