India, June 16 -- At 50, G7 needs to reinvent its priorities

Trade and international security are set to dominate the agenda for the Group of 7 (G7) Summit that began in the remote Canadian town of Kananaskis on Sunday. The leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US and the UK are meeting days after conflict broke out between Iran and Israel, which has sparked fears of an all-out war, and less than a month before the July 9 deadline set by the Donald Trump administration for imposing higher tariffs on dozens of countries. Trump's approach to tariffs has already led to concerns about the weakest decade of economic growth since the 1960s. Trump has had a stormy relationship with the G7, walking out in a huff and refusing to e...