President Donald Trump, front center, listens to France’s President Emmanuel Macron as they pose with world leaders for a group picture at the start of the G-20 Leader’s Summit inside the Costa Salguero Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Bottom row from left are South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri and China’s President Xi Jinping. Middle row, from left, are European Council’s President Donald Tusk, the Netherlands’ Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde stands in the top row, second from right. (Photo: Ricardo Mazalan/AP)
Leaders of the Group of 20 have agreed to fix the world trading system — but only 19 of them agreed to support the Paris accord on fighting climate change.
Applause rose up in the hall Saturday as the leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump, signed off on a final statement at the end of a two-day summit.
The statement acknowledges flaws in the world trading system and calls for reforming the World Trade Organization. It doesn’t mention protectionism however, because negotiators said the U.S. had resisted that.
The statement says 19 of the members reiterated their commitment to the Paris climate accord but the U.S. reiterates its decision to withdraw.
The non-binding agreement was reached after difficult all-nIght talks by diplomats. (AP)
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President Donald Trump with China’s President Xi Jinping during their bilateral meeting, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping R meets with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 1, 2018. (Photo: Xinhua/Li Xueren via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his press conference at the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 1, 2018. (Photo: Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
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Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri greets Ivanka Trump, the daughter and assistant to President Donald Trump, far right, as Juliana Awada, Macri’s wife, first lady Melania Trump and President Donald Trump, looks on at the Teatro Colon for the G20 leaders dinner, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
Demonstrators march during the Group 20 summit, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 30, 2018. (Photo: Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L), Russias Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov (2-L) Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (C) Russia’s Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov (C-R) and China’s President Xi Jinping (R), hold a meeting in the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, on Nov. 30, 2018. (Photo: Mikhael Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP/Getty Images)
Protesters with signs of the face of, from left, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, China’s President Xi Jinping, President Donald Trump and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, covered by the Spanish phrase “Get out imperialists!,” march against the G20 summit being held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Leaders from the Group of 20 industrialized nations are meeting in Buenos Aires for two days starting today. (Photo: Martin Mejia/AP)
President Donald Trump is welcomed by Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri as he arrives for the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 30, 2018. (Photo: Marcos Brindicci/Reuters)
Leaders attending the G-20 Summit pose for the family photo at the Costa Salguero Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. (Photo: Ricardo Mazalan/AP)
President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman are seen during the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 30, 2018. (Photo: Marcos Brindicci/Reuters)
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman adjusts his robe as leaders gather for the group at the G-20 Leader’s Summit at the Costa Salguero Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. (Photo: Ricardo Mazalan/AP)
Riot police block an avenue as protesters march against the G20 summit being held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Leaders from the Group of 20 industrialized nations are meeting in Buenos Aires for two days starting today. (Photo: Sebastian Pani/AP)
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump are seen during the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 30, 2018. (Photo: Marcos Brindicci/Reuters)
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second from the right, confers with National Security Adviser John Bolton, far right, as President Donald Trump, left, answers questions from members of the media during a meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin speak at the start of the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. (Photo: Natacha Pisarenko/AP)
President Donald Trump meets with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
Argentina’s first lady Juliana Awada welcomes U.S. first lady Melania Trump as she arrives for a visit at the Villa Ocampo museum during the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 30, 2018. (Photo: Pilar Olivares/Reuters)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the opening of the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 30, 2018. (Photo: Sergio Moraes/Reuters)
President Trump, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Neto, left, participate in the USMCA signing ceremony on Friday in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
U.S. President Donald Trump and Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri meet before the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 30, 2018. (Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
A figure made of recycled materials resembling President Trump is seen during a protest ahead of the G-20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Thursday. (Photo: Pilar Olivares/Reuters)
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump leave the White House to travel to the G-20 summit in Argentina Thursday. (Photo: Jim Young/Reuters)
Demonstrators perform outside the presidential palace ahead of the Group 20 summit, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Thursday. The writing on the banner reads: “Property of the G20, who chooses?” (Photo: Sergio Moraes/Reuters)
Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan look Buenos Aires for G20 Leaders’ Summit 2018 at Ministro Pistarini International Airport on Thursday in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo: Daniel Jayo/Getty Images)
Balloon depicting President Donald Trump is seej utside the Congress building in Buenos Aires on Thursday as part of the People’s Summit. (Photo: Alberto Raggio/AFP/Getty Images)
Chinese people wait for Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the G-20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Thursday. (Photo: Sergio Moraes/Reuters)
France’s President Emmanuel Macron and first lady Brigitte Macron visit the Remembrance Park, a monument on the banks of the Rio de la Plata in memory of the 30,000 people who disappeared or were killed under the 1976-1983 military regime, in Buenos Aires Thursday. (Photo: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images)
Members of the human rights organization Madres the Plaza de Mayo (Mothers of Plaza de Mayo) march together ahead of the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday. (Photo: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)
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