Trump Goes His Own Way as G-7 Cobbles Together an Awkward Truce
- U.S. to decide on Paris Accord next week as others back deal
- On trade, officials worked until 3 a.m. to agree on text
Donald Trump attends the G7 summit on May 27.
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U.S. President Donald Trump showed his determination to break the global mold as he refused to follow the Group of Seven line on climate change and forced a more skeptical approach to free trade.
A summit of G-7 leaders in Sicily wrapped up on Saturday with a fragile truce on the two most contentious topics on the table. The U.S. pushed back on worldwide efforts to curb global warming that Trump’s predecessor had signed up to and won a reference in the final statement on the need for trade to be “free, fair and mutually beneficial.”