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Donald Trump maintains tough trade talk ahead of G7

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G7 leaders are in for an interesting meeting as U.S. President Donald Trump maintains his adversarial stance on trade.

Trump has been lashing out at longtime allies including Canada and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

He added fresh drama when he called for Russia to be reinstated into the G7 group.

The member countries are Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Germany, the United States and Britain.

Russia used to be in part of the group, known then as the G8, but was ousted in 2014 as punishment for the annexation of Crimea.

Trump will arrive at the annual G7 meeting Friday.

He will leave Saturday morning before the event is over missing meetings about climate change, clean energy and ocean protection