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US insists it is withdrawing from Paris accord, unless terms change

2017-09-17 08:52:23       source:The Straits Times

September 17, 2017

 

The White House insisted on Saturday that the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accord without more favourable terms even though European diplomats sense a softening in the US position. 

 

“There has been no change in the United States’ position on the Paris agreement,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in an e-mail. 

 

“As the President has made abundantly clear, the United States is withdrawing unless we can re-enter on terms that are more favourable to our country,” she said.

 

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