G7 summit fails to close gulf with US on climate

Madeleine Cuff
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High-level meeting ends with no agreement on climate change as Trump prepares to make final decision on Paris Agreement this week

The G7 summit in Taormina ended in a stalemate, with US President Donald Trump failing to submit to sustained pressure from other world leaders to back the Paris Agreement on climate change. During...

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