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UPDATE: G-7 countries 'have no choice' but to give US better deal, Trump says

U.S. President Donald Trump said June 9 that the country's trade partners "have no choice" but to agree to its terms and confirmed that he pushed for a tariff-free G-7 as he left the summit early.

"No tariffs, no barriers and no subsidies. That's the way it should be," he said, addressing media just before leaving for Singapore for peace talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Trump left the summit four hours earlier than planned, skipping talks on climate change, the health of oceans and clean energy.

"The United States has been taken advantage of for decades and decades and we can't do that anymore," Trump told the media at the G-7 in Quebec.

Trump said he had "extremely productive" discussions with other members of G-7 on "fair and reciprocal" trade relation between the countries, saying that the U.S. has been treated "very, very unfairly."

"People can't charge us 270% and we charge them nothing. That doesn't work anymore. We will take whatever steps necessary to protect American industry and workers from unfair foreign trade practices, of which there are many," he said. "It's going to change. They have no choice. If they are not going to change, we are not going to trade with them."

Trump also expressed confidence over his meeting with Kim, calling it a "mission of peace" and a "one-time shot" for the North Korean leader "to do good by his people and family." The U.S. president said that if the meeting, the objective of which is denuclearization of North Korea, fails, Kim "will never have that opportunity again." Trump, however, added later that there is a chance that denuclearization will take some time and it will take him "a minute" to realize whether or not the North Korean leader is serious.

NAFTA negotiations

On the North American Free Trade Agreement, Trump said it would be "good for the U.S." and "very bad for Canada" if a deal is not brokered, adding that the negotiations are on to include a sunset clause in the revised deal. He also said the U.S. may strike separate trade deals with Mexico and Canada.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, however, rejected the idea of a sunset clause.

"We will not sign a trade deal that expires every five years," Trudeau told reporters at a press conference at the conclusion of the summit. "That is not on the table. If you put an expiry date on any trade deal, that's not actually a trade deal."

NAFTA enables any of the countries to give six months' notice to end its participation, one reason a sunset clause is not needed, Trudeau said.

"It's possible to get to a win-win-win and that's what we'll try to do," he said of the NAFTA talks.

Trump supports Russia readmission

Earlier, the U.S. and the EU reportedly agreed to form a trade dialogue within two weeks at the G-7 summit, which was off to a rocky start after Trump called for readmitting Russia into the group of top industrialized nations, an idea rejected by most of its G-7 partners.

"Russia should be in this meeting. ... They should let Russia come back in because we should have Russia at the negotiating table," Trump said on CNN on June 8 as he left the White House for the G-7 summit. Russia was expelled from the G-8 in 2014 in response to its annexation of Crimea.

European Council President Donald Tusk said the G-7 should remain unchanged and noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin's press secretary had indicated that rejoining the group was unattractive, the Financial Times reported.

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Canada's position has not shifted and noted that Russia has "made clear that it had no interest in behaving according to the rules of Western democracies," CBC News reported.

Trade remained the focus at the summit in Quebec as German Chancellor Angela Merkel proposed to create a "shared evaluation mechanism" between the EU and U.S. to defuse rising trade tensions, an unnamed French official told Bloomberg News, adding that the proposal was supported by French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

The U.S. and the EU will form a dialogue on trade within the next two weeks, a French official told Reuters June 8. "The principle of a dialogue was agreed this afternoon. ... Everyone agreed, including President Trump," the official said.

Trump's decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports and order a review of the potential impact of auto imports on national security, which could mean similar tariffs on auto imports, has drawn heavy criticism from the country's partners in the G-7, which comprises Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S. Europe and Canada have retaliated with their own levies on U.S. imports.

Trudeau reiterated his intention to respond with tariffs as of July 1.

"It's not something we want to do," he told reporters at the press conference. "We do not want to harm American workers. My job is to stand up for Canadian workers ... and I will do that without flinching."

Trudeau said he impressed upon Trump how damaging tariffs would be on the auto industry. "That's a conversation that's going to continue," he said.

Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Theresa May warned both the U.S. and the EU against entering a tit-for-tat trade war over tariffs, urging them to tackle China's excess steel production instead.