US President Donald Trump has once again blamed India and China for his decision to pull out of the Paris climate deal last year, saying that the “unfair” accord would have imposed “draconian financial and economic burdens” on the US, as it would have made Washington pay for nations which benefitted the most from the deal.
Trump had announced the withdrawal from the landmark climate pact in June, stating that it would have imposed “wildly unfair environmental standards on American businesses and workers”.
He said the Paris deal would have cost his country trillions of dollars, killed jobs, hindered the oil, gas, coal and manufacturing industries. However, he had also said that he was “open to negotiate a better deal for the US or re-enter the accord on improved terms”.
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“We knocked out the Paris Climate Accord. Would have been a disaster. Would have been a disaster for our country,” the US President said at Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday.
He targeted India and China, saying both these nations were benefiting most from the Paris deal, which was “unfair” to the US.
The US President had earlier also singled out India saying that “India makes its participation contingent on receiving billions of dollars in foreign aid”. Many scientists and environmentalists said the planet will reach more dangerous levels of warming sooner because of Trump’s decision as America contributes hugely to carbon dioxide and global rising temperatures.
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