TAORMINA, Italy: President Donald Trump said Saturday he would decide next week whether the United States would abide by the 2015 Paris agreement on cutting global carbon emissions. “I will make my final decision on the Paris Accord next week!” Trump tweeted. US Defense Secretary James Mattis, in comments to be aired fully in a TV interview Sunday, said Trump—famously skeptical of global warming—is now “wide open” on the issue. The US leader, concluding his first overseas trip in office, later left for home without giving the customary close-of-summit news conference. “The United States of America is in the process of reviewing its policies on climate change and on the Paris Agreement and thus is not in a position to join the consensus on these topics,” it stated.

Source: Manila Times May 27, 2017 22:07 UTC