G7 Summit ends without U.S. joining consensus on climate change

From left, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Donald Trump, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and British Prime Minister Theresa May pose during the G7 summit in Taormina, Italy, on Friday.
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At the end of a G7 summit, it’s customary for the nations to release a communiqué that conveys areas of consensus among the nations. Last year,