G-7 Deadlocked on Climate and Trade as Canada Presses Its Case

In a pair of briefings Friday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s government pledged to push for action on environmental issues and advocate for trade, while making clear there is no agreement. G-7 nations haven‘t yet settled on wording for pledges on either climate or trade, a Canadian government official told reporters in one briefing.

Canada is „working hard with our allies to find and define common ground,“ Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters Friday in the Sicilian resort of Taormina. „That‘s not always going to be possible, and we are never going to shy away from being clear about our values, even when not everyone agrees with them.“