OTTAWA — Canada’s artificial intelligence minister kicked off two days of meetings among G7 ministers Monday touting new digital agreements with Europe — a move that comes at a time of deep divisions between the EU and the U.S. on AI regulation.

“In the global economy where trust is becoming a scarce commodity, the EU and Canada share a deep reservoir of trust, earned over decades of co-operation and built on these kind of (agreements),” Evan Solomon said at a press conference with Henna Virkkunen, executive vice-president of the European Commission for technological sovereignty, security and democracy.

“Combined with our technological capabilities, we are positioned to lead responsibly, lead with our shared values and trust on AI.”

Solomon held two press conferences on the first day of

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