Trump said he told his staff on Sunday that he'd rather have the summit after the election. He said that would give everyone more time to think about the important meeting.

He's musing about scheduling the gathering in September, possibly coinciding with the annual United Nations General Counsel meeting in New York.

The G7 members are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Trump held a videoconference with the leaders of the world’s major industrialized countries earlier this week and plans to repeat that in April, May and June, when the physical meeting at the presidential retreat in Maryland was scheduled to take place.

Critics frequently accuse Trump of violating the clause, which prevents the president and lawmakers from profiting from their offices.

The idea of holding the event at Trump's resort has been criticized by government ethics watchdogs.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he wants to discuss the Amazon fires that have drawn world attention at the next U.N. General Assembly in September.

'We are very concerned that this tariff action will create further economic uncertainty,' say American shoe companies opposed to higher taxes on imports from China.

Macron said he hoped Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani could meet within weeks in hopes of saving the 2015 nuclear deal.

G7 leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pledged millions to help battle the Amazon wildfires.