G-7 overlooks Trump’s insults to find agreement on Russia, China

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La Malbaie, Canada | Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialised democracies set aside a growing list of disagreements with President Donald Trump over his tariffs and brash territorial claims and agreed to a joint statement on shared priorities, including pressuring Russia into a ceasefire, ending the war in Gaza and curbing China’s military buildup. The display of unity in this remote Canadian tourist town papered over Trump’s dismissiveness of Canada as an independent country, and his threat to impose 200 per cent tariffs on European wine and liquor as the two-day meeting carried on between the United States...