NEW YORK—The Trump administration is considering staying in
the Paris agreement to fight climate change “under the right
conditions,” offering to re-engage in the international deal three
months after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would pull out if it
didn’t find more favorable terms.
During a climate-change meeting Saturday of more than 30 ministers led by Canada, China and the European Union, in Montreal, U.S. officials broached revising U.S. climate-change goals, two participants said, signaling a compromise that would keep the U.S. at the table even if it meant weakening the international effort. Still, the move would maintain international unity behind the painstakingly negotiated Paris accord, after Mr. Trump suggested he might seek a new agreement.
On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on CBS that Mr. Trump is “open to finding those conditions where we can remain engaged . . . . .
Editor's notes: Look, if the Prez stays with the Paris Accord, the United States won't be a part of the massive redistribution of wealth Obama had worked to create. It would be to Trump's credit, P.R. wise, to remain engaged with the Accord, but with substantive changes in the way the U.S. participates.
During a climate-change meeting Saturday of more than 30 ministers led by Canada, China and the European Union, in Montreal, U.S. officials broached revising U.S. climate-change goals, two participants said, signaling a compromise that would keep the U.S. at the table even if it meant weakening the international effort. Still, the move would maintain international unity behind the painstakingly negotiated Paris accord, after Mr. Trump suggested he might seek a new agreement.
On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on CBS that Mr. Trump is “open to finding those conditions where we can remain engaged . . . . .
Editor's notes: Look, if the Prez stays with the Paris Accord, the United States won't be a part of the massive redistribution of wealth Obama had worked to create. It would be to Trump's credit, P.R. wise, to remain engaged with the Accord, but with substantive changes in the way the U.S. participates.
