Economics
World Leaders Watch in Silence as Trump Cuts Climate Efforts
- Nations mute criticism as U.S. cuts enviromental efforts
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As President Donald Trump tries to rip U.S. climate change efforts out by the roots, world leaders are watching in silence.
Presidents and prime ministers around the globe have raised few, if any, public objections to Trump’s sweeping orders to gut environmental regulations. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said nothing about climate last month during her appearance with the U.S. president. And the issue is unlikely to come up in detail this week when he meets with Chinese president Xi Jinping.