Trump to Meet Modi at G7 Summit in France, First Since
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- Donald Trump will hold a bilateral meeting with Narendra Modi at the G7 summit in Evian, France on June 16-17, 2026, their first interaction since meeting in Washington DC in February 2025, with a bilateral trade pact under negotiation among the planned discussion topics.
- Narendra Modi embarked on a six-day visit to France and Slovakia on June 13, 2026, framing India's eighth consecutive G7 invitation as reflecting 'the trust our partners place in us' and a platform to 'give voice to the aspirations of the Global South.'
- Donald Trump also planned separate bilateral meetings at the summit with the leaders of Egypt, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and France, plus a working session with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, though no formal bilateral with Zelenskyy was scheduled.
- Donald Trump planned to raise shared priorities including economic growth, supply chain resilience, illegal migration, and AI, with specific focus on boosting resilience in the supply chain for critical minerals needed for advanced technologies.
- Donald Trump planned to attend a dinner at the Palace of Versailles on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) before returning to Washington, the U.S. officials said.
Why it matters: The Trump-Modi meeting is the first face-to-face since February 2025, and comes with a bilateral trade pact under active negotiation — a stalled or concluded pact would directly affect tariff and market-access terms for two of the world's largest economies. Modi framed the engagement as India's eighth straight G7 invite, signaling sustained Western institutional inclusion even as trade terms remain unsettled.
