29 May, 2017
But first Trump has one more day in Sicily, which will include discussions of global economy and climate, a meeting with small African nations Trump will be seated between the leaders of Niger and Tunisia and migration issues.
As the incoming President of COP 23, the United Nations climate change conference Bainimarama has appealed to the US President, Donald Trump to "preserve at all costs" the historic achievement that was reached in the French capital in 2015 and the multilateral consensus for decisive action to reduce carbon emissions and arrest the current rate of global warming.
That tweet set a timeframe for the United States to quickly reconsider its original position, contained in the G7 communique, of abstaining from the pact.
The Paris Agreement is an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gases emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020.
Should Trump leave the pact, the USA would be the first country to exit, which would also be the second time that America has signed onto a global climate deal under a Democratic president only to walk away from the same agreement under a Republican predecessor, as President George W. Bush ultimately reneged on the Kyoto Protocol agreed to by President Bill Clinton in 1997.
Republican senator Lindsey Graham has questioned Donald Trump's views on climate change being a hoax, and suggested the president should commit to the Paris climate deal. "The whole discussion about climate was very hard not to say unsatisfactory", said German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
European Council President Donald Tusk, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Garman Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Donald Trump, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker pose for a photo in the ancient Greek theatre of Taormina, Italy, on May 26, 2017.
President Donald Trump will return to Washington having rattled some allies and reassured others, but his White House still sits under a cloud of scandal. The United States is the world's biggest carbon emitter after China. Trump tweeted on Saturday.
"We reiterate our commitment to keep our markets open and to fight protectionism, while standing firm against all unfair trade practices", the seven powers said, while acknowledging that trade has "not always worked to the benefit of everyone".
The US leader, concluding his first overseas trip in office, was due to fly home later Saturday without giving the customary close-of-summit press conference. Trump may be willing to stay in the agreement, Cohn said, if the US can scale back commitments made by President Barack Obama.
Backing out of the climate accord had been a central plank of Trump's campaign and aides have been exploring whether they can adjust the framework of the deal even if they don't opt out entirely.
Mr Trump had earlier called Germany "very bad" on trade because of its surplus with the US.
"He came here to learn", Cohn said at the G7 summit.
The issue is sensitive because Trump has questioned free trade policies normally traditionally championed by the G7. He's spending time on the Paris agreement. But he also held one-on-one meetings with the leaders of Japan, the United Kingdom and Germany.
