Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump met at the G7 summit to discuss trade tariffs, but no breakthrough was achieved. Japan hopes to negotiate the elimination of tariffs that could harm its economy.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump held talks Monday on the fringes of the Group of Seven

Live updates and the latest news as Donald Trump attends the G7 summit in Canada and meets with Prime Minister Mark Carney amid trade tensions over tariffs.

G7 leaders condemned Iran for being the "principal source of regional instability and terror." Group of Seven leaders on Tuesday affirmed unified support for Israel and called for a resolution to the escalating regional tensions, as it trades military strikes with Iran.

The 2018 summit ended with Trump assailing his Canadian hosts on social media as he departed on Air Force One, saying he had instructed the U.S. officials who remained in Quebec to oppose the G7 joint statement endorsed by the leaders of Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany and, of course, Canada.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump failed to reach a breakthrough in trade negotiations aimed at reducing tariffs potentially harmful to the Japanese economy. Despite their meeting at the G7 summit,

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pushed back against Trump's agenda of levying higher tariffs on imported goods, arguing it would hurt economic growth. The Japanese leader specifically called Trump ahead of the summit to confirm their plans to talk on the sidelines, which is a greater focus for Japan than the summit itself.

Group of Seven leaders met on Monday seeking a common approach on wars in Ukraine and the Middle East but faced early challenges as U.S. President Donald Trump said removing Russia from the former Group of Eight over a decade ago had been a mistake.

Now Trump returns, both to the summit sanctum and to Canada, after a bruising tariff war and his refusal to back down from the 51st state threat. That stoked widespread anger in the country and helped fuel Carney’s spring election victory. Trump himself has claimed credit.