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Why Trump Pulled the U.S. Out of the Paris Accord

| June 05, 2017

And What the Consequences Will Be

President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement on June 1 was terribly misguided, and his justification for doing so was misleading and untruthful. As he announced in the Rose Garden that day, "The Paris climate accord is simply the latest example of Washington entering into an agreement that disadvantages the United States to the exclusive benefit of other countries, leaving American workers…and taxpayers to absorb the cost in terms of lost jobs, lower wages, shuttered factories, and vastly diminished economic production." The reality is that leaving the accord will neither bring back jobs nor help the taxpayer, but will most certainly hurt the United States and the world....

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For Academic Citation: Stavins, Robert N.“Why Trump Pulled the U.S. Out of the Paris Accord.” Foreign Affairs, June 5, 2017.

The Author

Robert N. Stavins

Robert N. Stavins

  • Director, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
  • A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy & Economic Development
  • Member of the Board, Belfer Center
  • Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program
  • Chair, Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Group
  • Chairman, Ph.D. Programs in Public Policy and Political Economy & Government
  • Co-Chair, Kennedy School–Harvard Business School Joint Degree Programs
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