Top diplomats from the Group of 7 industrialized democracies gathered in Canada on Thursday as President Trump’s trade and foreign policies have thrown the bloc’s once solid unity into disarray.The meeting began just minutes after Trump threatened to impose 200% tariffs on European wine and other alcohol if the European Union doesn’t back down from retaliating against U.

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Canadian Deputy Director of Protocol and Liaison Lena Tobin greets U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he disembarks from a military airplane upon arrival at Quebec City Jean Lesage International Airport in Quebec, Canada, March 12, 2025, as he travels to a G7 Foreign Ministers meeting. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

Foreign ministers of leading Western democracies meet 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 imposing of tariffs.

G7 foreign ministers are to meet in Canada as Russia considers a proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine. Peace in Ukraine is likely to top the agenda for Thursday’s meeting in Charlevoix, Quebec, with UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy stressing the need to ensure Kyiv is “in the strongest possible position”.