Tokyo: France wants the G20 to issue a statement committing to strong action on climate change and considers the issue a "red line", President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday ahead of the summit. Macron was speaking in Tokyo on a visit ahead of this week's Group of 20 meeting, where climate change will be among several contentious issues on the table, along with trade and tensions with Iran.
The French leader held bilateral talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday, reaffirming an alliance that has been tested in recent months after the arrest of auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn. Ghosn, a French citizen, once headed an auto alliance of Japan's Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors and France's Renault, and his arrest has laid bare tensions in the partnership. The G20 is expected to be dominated by the ongoing trade war between China and the United States.