Paris deal harms U.S. prosperity

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Author(s) Roger Wicker
Source USA Today
Date June 1, 2017
URL https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/06/01/paris-deal-harms-us-prosperity-opposing-view/102401950/
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Quotes-start.png The Paris agreement stood in the way of President Trump’s efforts to eliminate these costly carbon dioxide rules. But this would be the least of its harm. A report released in March by NERA Economic Consulting suggests that the climate deal could cost the U.S. economy nearly $3 trillion and more than 6 million industrial sector jobs by 2040. Quotes-end.png


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This item argues for the position United States was right to withdraw on the topic United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.