Trump leaves leaders fearing the future as G-20 summit breaks
Source: The Washington Post
By Damian Paletta and Michael Birnbaum July 8 at 11:12 AM
HAMBURG President Trump and other world leaders on Saturday emerged from two days of talks unable to resolve key differences on core issues like climate change and globalization, fueling worries that global summits may be ineffective in the Trump era.
The divisions were most bitter on climate change, where 19 leaders formed a unified front against Trump. But even in areas of nominal compromise like trade, top European leaders said they have little faith that an agreement forged today could hold tomorrow.
Our world has never been so divided, French President Emmanuel Macron said, as the talks broke up. Centripetal forces have never been so powerful. Our common goods have never been so threatened.
Macron said world leaders found agreement on terrorism but otherwise were split on numerous important topics. He also said there were rising concerns about authoritarian regimes, and even within the Western world, there are real divisions and uncertainties that didn't exist just a few short years ago.
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