Why Donald Trump got his economic facts wrong in trying to justify withdrawal from Paris climate ...
Donald Trump giving his reasons for withdrawing from the Paris climate change agreement: AP/ on a misinterpretation of job and economy statistics. In claiming that the agreement would lose America 2.7 million jobs by 2025 and reduce GDP by nearly $3 trillion by 2040, the US President appears to have cherry picked statistics and failed to take any account of the potential economic benefits of reduced emissions. In explaining why he withdrew from the agreement, Mr Trump : “Compliance with the terms of the Paris Accord … could cost America as ...
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