Canadian finance minister: G7 are united but tensions remain around tariffs

April 24 (Reuters) - The Group of Seven largest economies are still united but tensions among them remain around the tariffs being imposed by the United States, Canada's Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said on Thursday.

Canada needs to fight against the U.S. tariffs, which are affecting a large portion of Canadian goods, Champagne told a press briefing about Thursday's meeting of G7 finance ministers in Washington.

Champagne said he was unable to schedule a bilateral meeting to discuss tariffs with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent but that he had interactions with Bessent during the G7 and G20 meetings held on the sidelines of the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group.