G-20 summit: Trump blocked out on Paris climate accord as 19 members reaffirm
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World leaders struggled Saturday to find common ground in the fight against climate change in the wake of President Trump’s decision to leave the Paris agreement.
The final statement of the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, underlined that the other countries and the European Union supported the Paris climate agreement rejected by Trump. They called the deal to reduce greenhouse gases “irreversible” and vowed to implement it quickly and without exception.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the United States’ position “regrettable.” She said the statement also makes clear other summit leaders don’t share the Trump administration’s position on climate.
Trump last month did not reaffirm the Paris agreement to which former-President Barack Obama agreed in 2016.
World leaders including Trump did reach a common statement this weekend about the other contentious issue at the summit, trade.
Climate and trade were two of the most contentious issues, in part due to the assertive stance taken on both by Trump.
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