{"id":19312,"date":"2025-03-13T12:40:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T06:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=19312"},"modified":"2025-03-13T12:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T06:55:07","slug":"ukraine-ceasefire-bid-trade-war-to-dominate-as-g7-diplomats-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/ukraine-ceasefire-bid-trade-war-to-dominate-as-g7-diplomats-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine ceasefire bid, trade war to dominate as G7 diplomats meet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to meet his Canadian counterpart at a G7 gathering Thursday, but discussion of American annexation threats has been ruled off-limits at talks expected to be dominated by efforts to agree a ceasefire in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Rubio arrived in the town of Charlevoix on the banks of the St. Lawrence River on Wednesday for meetings with foreign ministers from the club of the world’s industrialized democracies.<\/p>\n

He is expected to brief on the US-led effort to pause three years of bloodshed in the Russia-Ukraine war, after meeting envoys from Kyiv in the Saudi port town of Jeddah earlier in the week.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump has voiced hope that US negotiators in Moscow will be able to secure a ceasefire, with officials saying the United States wants Russia to agree to an unconditional halt to hostilities.<\/p>\n

The Kremlin has said it was awaiting details of a proposed truce, while Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country was ready to embrace a deal, and the United States had indicated it would issue a “strong” response if Russia refuses an accord.<\/p>\n

British Foreign Minister David Lammy said the G7 needs to focus on “ensuring Ukraine is in the strongest possible position to secure a just and lasting peace.”<\/p>\n

Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said she expected her talks with Rubio will be centered on “Ukraine and the ceasefire that’s on the table.”<\/p>\n

– Canadian sovereignty ‘not negotiable’ –<\/strong><\/p>\n

But when asked about Trump’s repeated comments about his desire to absorb Canada into the United States, Joly told reporters “Canadian sovereignty is not negotiable.”<\/p>\n

During a stop in Ireland en route to Canada, Rubio said the G7 “isn’t a meeting about how we’re going to take over Canada.”<\/p>\n

Trump’s actions since returning to power in January have shaken US relations with traditional allies.<\/p>\n

His sweeping 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports came into effect Wednesday, prompting immediate retaliation from major US trading partners.<\/p>\n

The European Union swiftly unveiled counter-tariffs hitting about $28 billion of US goods in stages from April, while Canada announced additional levies on $20.7 billion of American products from Thursday.<\/p>\n

Canada has previously imposed 25 percent tariffs on $20.8 billion of American goods in response to US levies on certain Canadian imports.<\/p>\n

Joly said she intends to raise the issue of tariffs in “every single meeting” at the G7.<\/p>\n

Rubio said he expected his counterparts from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan to set aside any frustration over Trump’s trade policies to work on shared goals.<\/p>\n

The steel and aluminum tariffs are anchored to national security concerns, he said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“Every country in the world we expect will act in their national interest,” he added.<\/p>\n

“I think it is quite possible that we could do these things and at the same time deal in a constructive way with our allies and friends,” Rubio said.<\/p>\n

“That’s what I expect out of the G7 and Canada.”<\/p>\n

The three-day meeting in Charlevoix will also touch on the G7’s role in dealing with China and the Middle East, among other subjects.<\/p>\n

It comes ahead of a G7 leaders’ summit in the Canadian province of Alberta in June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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