German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, talks to President of the European Council Donald Tusk, left, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a G7 coordination meeting with the Group of Seven European members at the Hotel du Palais in Biarritz, southwestern France, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. Efforts to salvage consensus among the G-7 rich democracies frayed Saturday in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's unpredictable America-first approach even before the official start of the summit in southern France. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool), APTOPIX