G7 seeks unity as Trump’s tariffs, Ukraine stance weighs on ties | U.S. & World [Video]

By John Irish and Daphne Psaledakis

LA MALBAIE, Canada (Reuters) -Diplomats from the G7 nations were set to negotiate late into the night over a joint statement to show a united front in Canada on Thursday after weeks of tension between U.S. allies and President Donald Trump over his upending of Western trade and security policy.

The Group of Seven ministers from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States, along with the European Union, convened in the remote tourist town of La Malbaie, nestled in the Quebec hills, for meetings on Thursday and Friday that in the past have been broadly consensual.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefed his colleagues on talks on Tuesday with Ukraine in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where Kyiv said it was ready to support a 30-day ceasefire deal.

But officials said ambiguous comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin left delegates unclear where things stood.

In the run-up to …