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Tense Paris Summit Leaves Western Energy Alliance Looking Shaky

US threatens to quit IEA if it doesn’t ditch its net-zero dreams.
A wind turbine next to a coal-fired power plant in Germany.Photographer: Sean Gallup/Getty Images Europe
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Welcome to our guide to the commodities driving the global economy. Today, reporter Grant Smith looks at the divisions between Europe and the US at the IEA summit in Paris.

President Donald Trump’s shake-up of major institutions from NATO to the United Nations has reached the world of energy.