German leader calls G-20 talks 'difficult'
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the Group of 20 summit achieved "good results in some areas" despite a logjam with the United States over climate change.
Merkel said discussions at the summit that ended Saturday had at times been "difficult" and that "I can only call things as they are."
She pointed to a hard-won agreement on trade, one in which she said "every word was weighed."
The trade language keeps the G-20's longstanding condemnation of protectionism, but includes themes that echo Trump's position that trade must be balanced and fair as well as free.
The countries agreed that trade needs to be "reciprocal and mutually advantageous" and that countries could use "legitimate trade defense instruments" to protect their markets.
Nineteen members agreed to support the Paris climate agreement, leaving the US out in a separate paragraph that merely "takes note" of the US rejection.
