Top finance officials from the world’s seven wealthiest democracies set aside stark differences on U.S. tariffs and agreed to counter global “economic imbalances,” a swipe at China’s trade practices.

By David Lawder, Promit Mukherjee and Julia Payne BANFF, Alberta (Reuters) -Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven democracies papered over their differences on Thursday,

This year’s G7 leaders summit will be held in Kananaskis, taking Trump to Canada — whose economy and sovereignty have faced threats from the U.S. president — highlighting how his policies to reshape global trade and defence ties have upended long-standing relationships.

Top economic officials avoided a condemnation of U.S. tariffs but committed to trying to reduce “economic policy uncertainty.”

G7 finance leaders played down their differences Thursday, despite turmoil from US President Donald Trump's wide-ranging tariffs, and sought common ground on Ukraine as talks in Canada entered the fin

Canadian leaders have softened their tone toward the U.S. recently and hailed the progress made in rekindling the relationship.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne are scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting late Wednesday on the sidelines of the Group of Seven finance and central bank meeting.

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