Trump Faces Tensions at G-7 Summit

The two-day summit offers leaders a major opportunity to confront the new U.S. administration on a range of divisive issues that also include relations with Russia and immigration. The talks will culminate in a final communique on Saturday.

.. “No doubt this will be the most challenging G-7 summit in years,”

.. He also declined to explicitly endorse NATO’s common defense provision, to the disappointment of some European diplomats.

.. Germany’s large trade surplus with the U.S. has been a persistent source of anger for Mr. Trump.