G-20 leaders reach deal on trade, struggle on climate

2017-07-08T07:46:26-07:00

Yahoo - 7/8/2017 - David Mchugh and Geir Moulson, (AP) - Leaders of the world's top economic powers reaffirmed their support Saturday for free trade but tempered their statement by acknowledging countries could defend their home companies and markets against unfair practices. The Group of 20 summit came up with compromise language on trade, although officials struggled to find common ground on another contentious issue, fighting climate change. In the wake of President Donald Trump's decision to leave the Paris climate agreement, the group agreed in a draft statement to "take note" of the U.S. withdrawal while the other 19 reaffirmed support of the Paris deal to limit emissions of greenhouse gases scientist say are behind global warming, leaving the U.S. as the sole outlier. Read more @ https://www.yahoo.com/tech/g-20-leaders ... 57268.html

Statistics: Posted by McFurd — Sat Jul 08, 2017 8:46 am

Jobless and Faceless

G-20 leaders reach deal on trade, struggle on climate