World leaders lean on Trump over climate, trade

Hamburg

WORLD leaders ratcheted up pressure on US President Donald Trump to compromise on climate and trade as a Group of 20 summit got underway in Germany amid clashes between police and protestors.

In a joint communique issued as the leaders gathered in a vast convention centre in Hamburg, Brazil, Russia, India and China - the so-called Brics countries - called on the G-20 to push for implementation of the Paris climate deal despite Mr Trump's decision last month to pull the United States out of it.

"The Paris agreement on climate change is an important consensus that doesn't come easily and must not be given up easily," said Chinese President Xi Jinping.

British Prime Minister Theresa May said G-20 leaders would urge Mr Trum…