Climate Changed
EU Set to Commit to Climate Deal, Free Trade in Trump Rebuff
- Draft summit conclusions declare rejection of protectionism
- Paris agreement can’t be renegotiated, leaders to say
Emissions rise from a refining facility in Oregon, Ohio.
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European Union leaders are planning to use a summit next week to declare their commitment to global free trade and the Paris climate accord in a rebuff to U.S. President Donald Trump.
The bloc’s 28 leaders will issue a statement rejecting protectionism and underlining that the Paris agreement is a “cornerstone for global efforts to effectively tackle climate change, and cannot be renegotiated,” according to a draft for the June 22-23 summit obtained by Bloomberg.