Trump Decides To Leave Paris Climate Accord

Citing concerns for US economic competitiveness and sovereignty, President Donald Trump held a Rose Garden ceremony yesterday to announce that he is withdrawing the US from the Paris climate agreement. The US will remain part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and follow the agreement's procedures for leaving the accord, a process that will take until 2020. Moreover, the president stated he is open to renegotiating the deal or reaching a new climate change accord that is "on terms fair terms to the U.S." Nonetheless, the president's decision could have significant diplomatic and political repercussions and there is no clear global appetite to renegotiate the agreement.