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.

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.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is welcoming her counterparts from some of the world's most powerful countries to Quebec this week as Ottawa works to maintain unity between Washington and its G7 partners and pushes back on U.