Israel-Iran Attacks Could Bump Trump's Tariffs Off G7 Agenda

Leaders of many of the world's biggest economic powers began arriving in the Canadian Rockies on Sunday for a Group of Seven summit, an event overshadowed by an escalating conflict between Israel and Iran and President Trump's unresolved trade war with allies and rivals alike. Israel's strikes on Iran and Tehran's retaliation appeared to catch many world leaders by surprise, the AP reports. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he had discussed efforts to deescalate the crisis with Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as other world leaders, and said he expected "intense discussions" at the summit. Trump is attending, as is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

• The Trump effect: As host, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has decided to abandon the annual practice of issuing a joint statement at the end of the meeting in Kananaskis, Alberta. If other other leaders want to meet with Trump to try to talk him out of imposing tariffs, the summit risks becoming a series of bilateral conversations rather than a show of unity. Also shadowing the meeting are Trump's inflammatory threats to make Canada the 51st US state and take over Greenland. On his way to Canada, French President Emmanuel Macron stopped in Greenland to express EU support. Trump is scheduled to arrive late Sunday; the program begins Monday.
• Agenda change: Peter Boehm, Canada's sherpa for the 2018 G7 summit in Quebec and a veteran of six G7 summits, expects the heads of state to pivot discussion to devote more time to war. "Leaders can accommodate a discussion, perhaps even a statement," Boehm said. "The foreign policy agenda has become much larger with this."

• Trade and tariffs: Trump likely will want to show progress in reaching the trade agreements he's promised. But the Middle East fighting makes that less likely, per Politico, and talking might be as far as the efforts go. "Everybody just wants to survive," said Ivo Daalder, president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and a former US ambassador to NATO. "There's not a lot of interest in making deals."
• Zelensky-Trump: The war in Ukraine will be a topic, and President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to meet with Trump, per the AP, months after their bruising Oval Office encounter.
• Big tent: Leaders who are not part of the G7 but have been invited to the summit by Carney include the heads of state of India, Ukraine, Brazil, South Africa, South Korea, Australia, Mexico, and the UAE. Avoiding tariffs will be a goal for many. "Leaders, and there are some new ones coming, will want to meet Donald Trump," Boehm said.

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