The Trump administration opposes the very concept of the conference, which is being convened to channel trillions of dollars in financing for development programs aimed at eliminating poverty. Washington doesn’t want the final document to acknowledge a current $4 trillion annual funding gap for achieving the SDGs, my colleague Colum Lynch writes in his report, which has exclusive details on the Trump administration’s various points of contention. The U.S. even opposes the mere reference to “sustainable development” in a final political declaration, preferring “responsible development.” “We reiterate that each country has primary responsibility for its own economic growth and that the role of national policies and development strategies cannot be overemphasized,” the U.S. proposed in an amendment to the negotiating document, one of 400 (you heard that right) amendments. https://www.devex.com/news/exclusive-us-seeks-to-gut-un-development-goals-110276?mkt_tok=Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGbF21eTZ4Fvqqj_TzGHYpnPd06CcyMdDHsVHHreS3qKmkKHk9s5fOnqlksXNeNE8Hdu2I4hkaFDHX9v6GtykmxxXRbWLT5mBjHXsQl-b7qgpuxlVs&utm_content=cta&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl_newswire&utm_term=article&consultant_exists=true&oauth_response=success