http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/ne...icle1841425.ece

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The United States appears to have rejected out of hand Germany’s bid to agree global cuts in carbon emissions at the G8 summit next month, according to the Reuters news agency. Berlin's goals for the meeting in Heiligendamm include a G8 commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions to half of 1990 levels by 2050. Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, has already appeared gloomy about the prospects of a deal, saying yesterday that preliminary talks at the EU-Russia summit and in meetings with other G8 members had been difficult. Today it appeared that Ms Merkel's pessimism was justified, as Reuters reported that it had seen a copy of the US's uncompromising comments, written in red ink on the draft statement of the summit's aims.

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