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US President Trump skips G7 Summit's discussion on climate change

Trump was scheduled to attend Monday's session on climate, biodiversity and oceans at the G-7 summit in Biarritz , but didn't

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US President Donald Trump skipped a discussion on climate with other world leaders at the Group of Seven summit in France, leaving an empty chair as global power brokers debated how to help the fire-ravaged Amazon and reduce carbon emissions.
 
Trump was scheduled to attend Monday's session on climate, biodiversity and oceans at the G-7 summit in Biarritz , but didn't. French President Emmanuel Macron, the summit host, said Trump's aides were there instead.
 
Trump is a climate change skeptic who once had claimed it's a hoax that was invented by the Chinese. His decision to withdraw the
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