News Digest Item
26 May 2017

“G7 must send clear signal for free trade and climate protection”

Federation of German Industries (BDI)

The leaders of the G7 must fully commit to climate protection and the implementation of the Paris Agreement, and industry “needs more than a minimum consensus”, said Dieter Kempf, president of Federation of German Industries (BDI), in a press release. “No country is an island. The United States must not sideline itself when it comes to climate protection and free trade,” said Kempf.

Read the press release in German here.

Also read the CLEW article International climate community pins hopes on Merkel to sway Trump and an interview with Greenpeace’ Jennifer Morgan: "Merkel's experience, credibility make her key in swaying Trump".

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