The president’s first international summit of his second term comes ahead of a new tariff deadline and amid a Middle East crisis.

By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba heads to Canada on Sunday for trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, hoping to persuade him to drop trade tariffs that have imperilled Japan's auto companies and threaten to undermine his fragile government.

Top political leaders will gather in Kananaskis until June 17, marking a half-century of international co-operation among some of the world’s most-advanced economies.

President Trump will attend the G7 summit on Sunday in a nation he threatened to annex. He will also be an outlier on climate issues

As the G7 group of large democratic nations with big economies meets Sunday in Alberta, Canada, members have a broad agenda in the midst of global economic and military turmoil. The G7 agenda includes support for Ukraine in its war defending against the Russian invasion and global trade.

Canadian politician Charlie Angus scolded President Trump for sending soldiers to protests in Los Angeles amid outrage over removals by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “We’re not

US President Donald Trump, whose second term has been devoted to going it alone, makes his return to the Group of Seven in crisis mode after Israel attacked Iran.

Three days before G7 leaders converge on Kananaskis, Alta., former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has some advice for Prime Minister Mark Carney for dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump.