Climate Changed
Trump Sees Job Gains in Paris Exit. Trade Wars Could Erase Them.
- Tariffs on U.S. carbon emitters could overshadow any benefits
- Trump says pullout spares jobs, ‘draconian’ economic burdens
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President Donald Trump argued that leaving the Paris climate accord would save jobs at home, yet possible trade wars sparked by his decision could nullify any additional benefit to American workers.
Complying with the deal “could cost America as much as 2.7 million lost jobs by 2025,” he said Thursday at the White House, citing a litany of other dire economic forecasts aimed at supporting his decision. “Believe me, this is not what we need -- including automobile jobs and the further decimation of vital American industries on which countless communities rely.”