Korean President Lee Jae Myung's much-anticipated first bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump scheduled for Tuesday in Canada was thwarted after the American leader decided to leave the Group of 7 (G7) summit early.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pushed back against Trump's agenda of levying higher tariffs on imported goods, arguing it would hurt economic growth. The Japanese leader specifically called Trump ahead of the summit to confirm their plans to talk on the sidelines, which is a greater focus for Japan than the summit itself.