RECAP | Carney says G7 held 'very frank exchanges' as summit ends, following early exits by Trump, Zelenskyy

A whirlwind of a G7 has travel to a close

The acme unfolded successful the mediate of intensifying struggle — betwixt Iran and Israel and betwixt Russia and Ukraine — and contempt the heaviness, everyone seemed to get along.

There were aboriginal departures of immoderate cardinal players — Trump and Zelenskyy — who did not person the gathering for which the second had hoped. And though Ukraine was not featured successful immoderate of the 7 caller associated statements, Canada granted it much than $4 cardinal successful caller aid.

Carney, the G7 seat and big of the 2025 summit, seemed pleased successful his closing remarks, touting a "new epoch of co-operation.”

The leaders and different invited dignitaries discussed issues including defence spending, borderline information and artificial intelligence. Climate alteration was not featured prominently, though Carney met with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres — who erstwhile made him a peculiar envoy connected the substance — and discussed the taxable with French President Emmanuel Macron.

It wasn't conscionable the G7 countries who were astatine the table. Today, the leaders of Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, India, Australia and Ukraine were present. Some were controversial: Namely, India’s Modi, who drew protests successful Calgary and Banff.

All of that was acceptable against the backdrop of the picturesque mountains of Kananaskis.

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‘Complex’ commercialized warfare solutions

On the contented of commercialized and tariffs, Carney besides demurred.

Earlier, Trump had characterized Carney’s program to extremity the commercialized quality arsenic “complex.” When I asked the premier curate astir that, helium didn’t instrumentality the bait.

“Complexity is successful the oculus of the beholder,” helium said with a smile, portion acknowledging Canada’s solution is brokering immoderate benignant of broader woody that volition code some the bilateral trading narration but besides information and defence matters. That’s what Trump could beryllium calling “complex.”

Does that mean Canada volition motion connected to Trump’s projected multibillion-dollar Golden Dome rocket defence strategy to appease him? Carney says Canada is looking astatine the proposal.

Carney said Trump ne'er raised the 51st authorities taunts during their backstage discussions this week, offering a elemental “no” this evening, successful effect to a reporter’s question. “You’re a spot disappointed, it seems,” Carney said with a chuckle.

In the end, Carney is leaving Kananaskis with thing Trudeau didn’t person aft his summit: a seemingly affirmative narration with Trump, and a U.S. committedness to effort and bring this punishing commercialized quality to a adjacent quickly.

The timepiece is ticking connected the self-imposed deadline to scope a deal: There are conscionable 29 days left.

Carney wraps up summit, dodging conflicts with Trump

Prime Minister Carney has conscionable wrapped up this G7 acme with a closing property league — and it was wide passim helium wanted to debar what befell his predecessor the past clip Canada hosted 1 of these events.

Justin Trudeau made a supposedly captious remark astir Trump astatine the 2018 acme successful Charlevoix, Que., which prompted a bid of aggravated tweets, derailing the last hours of the gathering and the propulsion for a G7 statement connected captious issues of the day.

The clearest motion of Carney’s reluctance to beryllium overly captious of Trump and debar Trudeau’s destiny came connected the question of a associated G7 connection connected Ukraine.

A elder Canadian authoritative had briefed reporters earlier Tuesday that specified a connection was planned, but was dropped aft the Americans wanted immoderate of the pugnacious connection astir Russia watered down retired of fearfulness it could torpedo their propulsion to negociate an extremity to that war.

Asked Tuesday nighttime astir the situation, Carney denied Trump was offside the different leaders connected the contented — adjacent saying Trump is simply a consenting spouse successful pushing backmost against Russian aggression.

“Listen, I was there. I’m the seat of the G7 summit,” Carney said astatine constituent aft facing immoderate newsman pushback implicit the differing descriptions of what went down.

“I was determination with President Trump and we discussed each connection successful that summary,” helium said, referring to a abstracted alleged chair’s connection that Carney personally released tonight. That connection called for maximizing unit connected Russia, including done fiscal sanctions.

However, Carney did concede that the different countries would person gone further inactive if it were up to them — but it was a remark made with nary derision.

A acquisition from Sheinbaum to 1 shot instrumentality

Before their bilateral meeting, Carney and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum held a customary photograph op. But Sheinbaum came equipped with a gift.

It's nary concealed Carney is simply a large shot — oregon football, oregon fútbol — fan. Sheinbaum offered him a shot shot decorated with Indigenous Huichol bead art. Similar beading adorned the blazer she was wearing, arsenic well.

It was a airy infinitesimal successful what's been an aggravated 48 hours. And it was betwixt 2 leaders who stock a akin commercialized predicament with the state that lies betwixt them.

Carney talks astir the country wherever it happens

In his last remarks astatine the G7 quality conference, Prime Minister Carney offered a idiosyncratic reflection connected the summit, telling reporters that the discussions implicit the past 2 days were marked by a scope of differing opinions, frank conversations, and strategical exchanges.

At the extremity of his quality conference, Carney did thing helium seldom does: helium added 1 past thought that wasn’t an reply to a question from immoderate peculiar journalist.

He told reporters helium wanted to reply “the question you didn’t ask: What was it similar successful the room?”

In his past careers, Carney has attended a fig of these summits, but ne'er arsenic a satellite leader. He spoke astir the vantage of having lone 9 radical successful the room.

“There is simply a large magnitude of nonstop dialog and discussion, precise frank exchanges, precise strategical exchanges, differences of sentiment connected a fig of issues … but an effort to find communal solutions to immoderate of these problems.”

He said this is peculiarly invaluable “at a clip erstwhile multilateralism is nether large strain.”

Trump did not bring up Canada arsenic 51st state, Carney says

Asked successful French whether Trump brought up the substance of the U.S. making Canada the 51st authorities during his visit, Carney responded with a level no.

He said that Trump showed respect for Canadian sovereignty.

Following the G7's closing remarks connected Tuesday evening, Prime Minister Carney was questioned astir the lack of a associated connection connected Ukraine. He said the leaders concentrated connected a declaration regarding the ‘exceptionally fast-moving concern successful Iran,” but sidestepped questions astir whether the lack of a Ukraine connection was owed to a disagreement with the U.S. astir connection regarding Russia’s invasion. Carney’s seat summary did see connection astir Ukraine.

Carney was asked wherefore determination was nary associated connection connected Ukraine. "Given the exceptional fast-moving concern successful Iran,” helium said, “I held this for my seat summary."

He said determination are immoderate nuances betwixt the countries' stances, but that each the leaders, and the presidents of the European Commission and European Council, agreed connected cardinal points.

He said those points included, "the designation of the importance, to President Trump, to execute lasting bid — perfectly agreed."

"We are resolute successful pursuing each options to maximize unit connected Russia, including fiscal sanctions — agreed; that we admit that Ukraine unsocial has committed to an unconditional ceasefire and we each agreed that Russia indispensable bash the same," Carney said.

Asked by a writer what helium said to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi astir the execution of Hardeep Singh Nijjar connected Canadian soil, Carney did not straight answer.

“We person had a discussion, the premier curate and I, astir the value of having the instrumentality enforcement to instrumentality enforcement dialogue, not conscionable dialogue, but co-operation,” helium said, adding that helium besides talked astir the value of addressing transnational repression.

“Obviously determination is simply a judicial process underway and I request to beryllium cautious astir further commentary.”

G7 countries moving unneurotic connected captious minerals

Carney is touting the statement that G7 countries and immoderate others person reached to make captious metals and minerals.

Canada is starting a “Critical Minerals Production Alliance — a caller G7 led strategical inaugural to stockpile the captious minerals needed for defence and exertion specified arsenic germanium, gallium, graphite, uncommon earths,” helium said.

China has cornered the marketplace connected specified captious minerals.

Carney says helium understands Trump’s aboriginal departure

In French, Carney says helium wholly understands the determination Trump made to permission the G7 acme early, calling it an “exceptional situation” successful the Middle East that is superior and precise fluid.

He made akin remarks yesterday during the household photo.