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| Donald Trump says 'something could happen with the Paris Agreement' | Donald Trump says 'something could happen with the Paris Agreement' |
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| Donald Trump said "something" could happen regarding the Paris Agreement on climate change during his trip to France on Bastille Day. | |
| Mr Trump withdrew the US from the global climate agreement which nearly 200 countries signed in December 2015 in an effort to combat global warming and help poorer countries adapt to an already-changed planet. | |
| He said it puts American workers, particularly in the coal industry, at an "economic disadvantage". | |
| "If it happens that will be wonderful and if it doesn't that will be ok too," Mr Trump said in a joint statement with French President Emmanuel Macron. | "If it happens that will be wonderful and if it doesn't that will be ok too," Mr Trump said in a joint statement with French President Emmanuel Macron. |
| Mr Trump appeared to leave the matter open-ended: "we'll see what happens". | Mr Trump appeared to leave the matter open-ended: "we'll see what happens". |
| He and Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt have expressed a desire for the Paris accord to be re-negotiated, a notion France, Germany, and Italy immediately dismissed in a rare joint statement the same day as the US withdrawal announcement. | |
| The US still has to follow formal withdrawal procedures within the United Nations framework and will not technically be "out" of the agreement until just before the 2020 US election, but for all intents and purposes Mr Trump has said the US would not be putting federal resources towards meeting carbon emissions targets or financing outlined in the accord. | |
| However, nearly a thousand cities, states, and CEOs of companies have pledged to do what they can to help the US meet the targets. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres was optimistic about the sub-national actors' actions. | |
| While some may think of it is a positive turn to the "G19+1" narrative coming out of the G20 summit last week in Hamburg, Germany when the US was the sole member not to sign on to the outcome document on climate change, not all see it that way. | |
| Richard Gowan, a UN expert with the European Council on Foreign Affairs, called it "blather". | |
| Beyond climate change, Mr Trump had praise for the French leader, saying that he ""applaud[s] President Macron on his courageous call for that 'less bureaucracy'...it's a good chant." | |
| He discussed the 2016 Bastille Day attacks in Nice, France and the commitment of both countries to fight terrorism. | |
| "Our two nations are forever joined together by the spirit of revolution and the fight for freedom," the US leader said. | |
| "France is America's first and oldest ally - a lot of people don't know that." | |
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