UNITED STATES PERSPECTIVE

Washington approaches the 52nd G7 through the prism that obsesses the administration: the war with Iran and the bilateral deals Trump aims to clinch on the sidelines. For the American press, the Évian summit is not the heart of the agenda but a stage where the president will run his own schedule. The war in Iran 'continues to dominate global discussions,' and Trump plans to sign, around or alongside the summit, an interim deal with Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Coverage centers on the bilaterals: Trump will meet Middle East partners — Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt — and India, rather than dwell on the multilateral ritual. The reading is of a G7 put to work for transactional presidential diplomacy, where the collective format matters less than the one-on-ones. The domestic context weighs: the USMCA trade review is set for July 1, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney — who in January at Davos became a 'symbol of middle-power resistance' by declaring the rules-based order over — is now expected to be 'more muted' in his criticism of Trump, his trade stakes counseling caution. American coverage, true to its inward focus, thus reads the summit less as a moment of global governance than as a stage in the negotiations that matter to America: Iran, tariffs, and Trump's ability to make others come to him.