Trump’s Isolation At G20 Summit
The United States Of America, that has always been a strong and dominating force at the G20 Summits previously, found itself rather isolated on many accounts ranging from trade to climate change this year at Hamburg.
President Trump was isolated at the G20 Summit when India along with 18 other members of the nations termed Paris climate change deal as “irreversible” and backed it up.
“It was unfortunate that the US stand remains against the Paris Pact but reiterated the fact that all other members have shown strong support for climate change,” said Angela Markel, Chancellor Germany.
Markel opened the meeting by acknowledging the differences between the United States and other countries.
The leaders in G20 have called for completion of the IMF quota reforms and a new formula by 2019.
The leader agreed upon the idea of digitalization that has provided an opportunity for numerous jobs in the sector, but there is a need to impart skills for the future stressed Modi.
The importance of fulfilling the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change (UNFCCC) commitment by developed countries in providing means of implementation to assist developing countries with respect to mitigation and adaptation in line with the Paris Climate change agreement.
Trump had made the announcement earlier in June this year, that the US will not be a part of the Paris climate change agreement.
Trump had withdrawn from the agreement stating that it was unfairly benefitting countries like India and China, which drew criticism from international leaders.
The Paris Agreement is to prevent the increase in the average temperate below 2 degrees.
The grouping agreed to meet next in Argentina in 2018, followed by Japan in 2019 and in Saudi Arabia in 2020.
