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The EU is considering taking economic measures in response to President Trump’s decision to pull the US out of the Paris climate agreement. These could include halting trade talks, forging closer ties with Russia, and imposing heavy carbon taxes on US exports.

In a tit-for-tat retaliation, former EU Parliament President Martin Schulz has pledged to respond to Donald Trump’s pullout by refusing to engage in transatlantic trade talks.

 

 

If the US drops out of the climate agreement... for European trade policy, this means that American production sites don’t need to abide by the climate goals,” Germany’s center-left chancellor candidate said on Thursday, speaking at the WDR Europa Forum in Berlin.

 

 

 

“That is a competitive distortion against which we can only protect ourselves by saying: Whoever wants to have access to our market – and the European market is the biggest market in the world – needs to respect the European standards,” he added, as cited by Politico. 

Speaking on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern said that Washington’s decision to quit the agreement means that new partnerships should be established, including with Russia.

“I can clearly see that America quits the current power game, and the decision on the Paris climate agreement only confirms it. For us and for everyone else, this means that we must move forward and form new alliances, with Russia being an important partner,” Kern told RIA Novosti news agency.

The Austrian politician said Europe should in no way change its climate plans just because president Trump doesn’t want to be part of them. Alternatively, the EU “should enhance cooperation” in the field, and strengthen its alliances with other global powers, including Russia, China, and India, he said.

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel called the decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement “a brutal act” and “an irresponsible decision that detracts from the promises made.”

“If companies in the US benefit from this, we shouldn’t be naïve. We must protect and defend our economy in Europe,” Michel told VRT radio on Friday, as cited by Standard.be. “I’m in favor of free trade, so we must work together with our partners to see what instruments are available to us,” he said. 

The EU will not be looking to impose sanctions on the US, however, according to EU Climate and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete.

read more:

https://www.rt.com/news/390657-eu-mulls-economic-measures-for-us/

 

make the planet great again...

China and Europe have pledged to unite to save "Mother Earth" in the face of US President Donald Trump's decision to take the world's second largest carbon polluter out of the Paris climate change pact.

Key points:
  • French President Emmanuel Macron says it is time "to make the planet great again"
  • China and Europe pledge to unite to uphold the Paris Climate agreement
  • Trump announced the US would leave the pact, saying it disadvantaged the US to the benefit of other countries

 

Others, including Australia and India, signalled their commitment to the accord, but Russian President Vladimir Putin said that while the United States should have remained in the 2015 deal, he would not judge Mr Trump.

Tapping into the "America First" message he used on the election trail, Mr Trump announced the withdrawal yesterday, saying that participating would undermine the US economy, wipe out US jobs, weaken American national sovereignty and put the country at a permanent disadvantage to others.

There was a mix of dismay and anger across the world.

France said it would work with US states and cities — some of which have broken with Mr Trump's decisions — to keep up the fight against climate change.

In Paris, the venue for the pact, French President Emmanuel Macron turned Mr Trump's "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan on its head, saying in a rare English-language statement that it was time to "make the planet great again".

read more:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-03/donald-trump-paris-agreement-withd...

 

Unfortunately, the Paris Agreement is not enough to save the planet yet... More needs to be done. Plenty more... All our efforts so far have been one foot forward and ten paces backwards. The two extra backwards steps by the Idiot Donald is not going to make much difference on the environmental front, apart from some pipelines going through where they should not go. On the economic "free trade" illusions, this will badly hurt those who try to comply. Wait and see for some underhanded tactics applied to the markets that will further erode the place.