BANFF — Top economic officials from the G7 have locked in for a full day of closed-door discussions in Banff, Alta., to examine pressing topics including the global economy and the war in Ukraine.
The meeting between the group’s finance ministers and central bank governors in the Rocky Mountains is a prelude to the G7 leaders summit in June in nearby Kananaskis, Alta.
It comes in the wake of global tariffs initiated in early April by the United States, which have caused many countries to reconsider their trading relationships.
With the slopes of Mount Rundle as a backdrop, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem
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