President Donald Trump will be leaving for Canada to attend the G7 summit, which opens on the 15th.This will be his first multilateral summit since returning to the White House in January.<\/p>\n
This will be his third trip abroad. Previously, President Trump visited the Vatican for the first time since his second term in office in April to attend the funeral mass for former Pope Francis, and last month he visited three Middle Eastern countries.<\/p>\n
The Hill, a U.S. political media outlet, has selected five things to watch out for in connection with President Trump\u2019s actions at the G7 summit, which will be held in Kananaskis, a resort town in Alberta, Canada, until the 17th.First, with the Middle East crisis reaching its peak after Israel launched a preemptive strike targeting Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities and military bases and Iran immediately retaliating, attention is focused on what President Trump will say about this situation and what discussions he will have with leaders of allied nations.<\/p>\n
Early this morning, President Trump posted on his TruthSocial that the U.S. was not involved in Israel\u2019s preemptive strike at all, and that \u201cif we are attacked by Iran in any way, shape, or form, the full might and force of the U.S. military will be unleashed at a level we have never seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n
In another post that morning, he cited past cases of mediation and peacemaking in some conflicts and said that Israel and Iran should negotiate and reach an agreement (for a ceasefire). Meanwhile, he expressed confidence in a solution, saying, “There are many calls and meetings going on right now” for mediation, and “Peace will come soon.”<\/p>\n
In an interview with ABC, President Trump also hinted that the US will actively mediate, saying, “There is a possibility that we will intervene in the ongoing dispute between Israel and Iran.”<\/p>\n
Another issue that the world is watching President Trump on is the reciprocal tariffs initiated by Trump and the individual trade negotiations that the US is currently underway.<\/p>\n
Treasury Secretary Scott Besant, who is leading the individual trade negotiations, appeared at a congressional hearing on the 11th and hinted at the possibility of an extension of the deadline, but when Trump visited the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. on the same day and asked if he was willing to extend the deadline, he said, “Yes,” but “I don’t think we need to,” essentially reversing Secretary Besant’s statement.<\/p>\n
President Trump reaffirmed his intention to notify each country of the reciprocal tariff rates that the US unilaterally set, saying, \u201cAt a certain point, we will just send out letters (without negotiating with each country).\u201dExcluding the UK, which has already reached a trade agreement among the G7 member countries, the US\u2019s negotiation partners are Japan, Germany, France, Italy, and Canada, which are the remaining five countries.<\/p>\n
With less than a month left until the deadline for the grace period (July 8) for the reciprocal tariffs imposed on each country by President Trump, attention is focused on whether he will extend the grace period and negotiation period.<\/p>\n
Since South Korea has been invited to this G7 summit and President Lee Jae-myung is scheduled to attend the meeting, attention is focused on whether he will be able to find a clue to the difficult issues in the Korea-US trade negotiations during his first meeting with President Trump.<\/p>\n
Also, regarding the issue of the ceasefire negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, which are still at an impasse, attention is also focused on what position President Trump will take and whether he will hold a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is expected to attend this G7 summit.<\/p>\n
In addition, President Trump’s attendance at the G7 summit comes ten days before the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit, which will be held in The Hague, Netherlands, on the 24th and 25th of this month. The Hill pointed out that “President Trump is also scheduled to attend the NATO summit, so June will be a month full of meetings with allies.”<\/p>\n
Just like during his first term, President Trump has been strongly pressuring Western allies to increase defense spending, and this is noteworthy in that it could directly and indirectly affect South Korea, where U.S. troops are stationed.<\/p>\n
In addition, anti-Trump sentiment in Canada has grown since President Trump referred to Canada as the “51st state” before and after his second term, which was also a notable factor.<\/p>\n
In relation to this, The Hill pointed out that “Canadian politicians and citizens have sent signals that they are opposed to becoming part of the United States, and there is a possibility that some protests or rallies will occur during Trump’s stay.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"