Trump Offer To 'Renegotiate' Paris Draws Ire Of Foreign Leaders, Democrats

June 2, 2017
White House officials say President Donald Trump's offer to “renegotiate” the Paris Agreement with an eye to rejoining is “sincere,” though it is already drawing heat from both Democratic lawmakers and foreign leaders -- who say the deal's terms are set in stone and any renegotiation would be a “fig leaf” to weaken the U.S. commitment. Trump announced his intent to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate deal during a June 1 ceremony in the White House Rose...


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