Overview

• President Trump departed the Kananaskis summit on June 16 to address the escalating Israel-Iran conflict, foregoing further G7 meetings
• Remaining leaders issued a joint statement recognizing Israel’s right to self-defense and declaring that Iran must never acquire nuclear weapons
• Attempts to secure a unified communique on the Russia-Ukraine war collapsed after U.S. opposition blocked consensus on continued support
• No broad multilateral trade accords were reached; Trump signed only a limited tariff-easing deal with the UK on autos and aerospace before leaving
• The summit underscored fractures in multilateral cooperation as Trump’s America-first, transactional diplomacy clashed with traditional collective decision-making