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Preview: G8 summit is key diplomatic challenge for savvy Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has built up a formidable reputation as a tough and savvy negotiator. Her diplomatic skills will be severely tested, however, at next week's meeting of the world's leading industrialized nations.The German leader has made clear she will still press G8 leaders to commit to cutting global greenhouse gas emissions to 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2050 and limiting the worldwide temperature rise this century to two degrees Celsius. Other Europeans have taken a tougher line. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in a recent interview that he wanted Washington to adopt a more ambitious position, including backing for binding emission targets.
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