Bush snubs Blair on climate deal

The Telegraph , Monday, July 04, 2005
Correspondent : Staff Reporter
July 3. — Mr Tony Blair’s hopes of a breakthrough to tackle climate change were dealt a blow tonight when Mr George W Bush made it clear that he would not help the British Prime Minister strike a deal on global warming at the G-8 summit in return for his support on Iraq.

As world leaders prepared to gather in Gleneagles for Wednesday’s summit, the US President signalled there would be no “quid pro quo” on climate change.

In an apparent snub to Mr Blair, who has been trying to get America on board over global warming, Mr Bush said he was heading to the G-8 “with an agenda that I think is best for our country”. Asked on British TV in an interview broadcast tonight whether the Prime Minister could expect “unstinting support” because of Britain’s backing for Iraq, Mr Bush replied: “You know, Mr Blair made decisions on what he thought was best for the people of Great Britain, and I made decisions on what I thought was best for Americans. I really don’t view our relationship as one of quid pro quo.”

Coke bashing

This has not been a good weekend for Coca-Cola in Edinburgh, adds AFP. First, the US soft drink was banned from yesterday’s rally calling for action on trade, aid and debt in Africa from this week’s G-8 summit. Then it was held up as an example of everything that is wrong with unbridled capitalism at a G-8 Alternatives summit that put across a firmly left-wing view of where the world should be going.

 
SOURCE : The Telegraph, Monday, July 4, 2005
 


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