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By Crispian Balmer and Noah Barkin | TAORMINA, ITALY
Fri May 26, 2017 | 6:16pm EDT
Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations meet African heads of state on Saturday, the final day of their annual summit which has been marked by discord over climate change, but unity on tackling terrorism.
U.S. President Donald Trump told his G7 counterparts from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan on Friday that he had not yet decided whether to honor a landmark 2015 Paris accord on curbing carbon emissions.European leaders have expressed frustration in private at having to go back over an issue that they believed had been signed and sealed two years ago.
There was also continued friction over global trade, with Trump, who got elected promising to put America first, blaming multilateral commerce deals for U.S. trade deficits and demanding what he terms a "level playing field".
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