Donald Trump made a surprise appearance at the UN Climate Action summit this week after threatening to snub it. On trade issues there are signs that Mr Trump’s climate scepticism could backfire on him in at least two ways. Last week, 110 Democratic lawmakers, representing nearly half of the party’s membership in the House of Representatives, fired off a letter to the White House saying they could not support the deal unless it included “binding climate standards and be paired with a decision for the US to remain in the Paris climate agreement”. Read More...
Donald Trump made a surprise appearance at the UN Climate Action summit this week after threatening to snub it. On trade issues there are signs that Mr Trump’s climate scepticism could backfire on him in at least two ways. Last week, 110 Democratic lawmakers, representing nearly half of the party’s membership in the House of Representatives, fired off a letter to the White House saying they could not support the deal unless it included “binding climate standards and be paired with a decision for the US to remain in the Paris climate agreement”.
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