influence i need does we all agreed that the return of russia to the g seven summits columns happen until substantial progress has been made in connection with the problems with ukraine. russia iran climate change world trade the list of issues on the g. seven summit agenda is long but it's far from clear if the leaders will be able to agree on anything substantial besides trumps tariffs on steel and aluminum from allies which splits the us from canada mexico and the e.u. there strains even within the european bloc the new italian prime minister giuseppe conte has openly expressed support for president trump. with tensions rising in a possible trade war looming amongst close allies the future of the g seven is hard to gauge many observers have said it's likely this summit will end without a joint communique signed off on by all its members. i'm now joined by having a geek from the think tank german council on foreign relations trump says he wants