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) – Foreign ministers of leading Western democracies sought to show a united front in Canada on Thursday after seven weeks of rising tensions between U.S. allies and President Donald Trump over his upending of foreign policy on Ukraine and imposition of tariffs.

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 news of ambiguous comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin had broken during the session, leaving delegates unclear where things stood.

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