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Re:US quits Paris climate pact by mcphage on Thursday June 01, 2017 @04:58PM (#14464642)
> The U.S. doesn't need to be involved on the international stage.

Yeah, it really does. The US might be a big economy, but not-US is an even bigger economy.

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Re:US quits Paris climate pact by barrkel on Thursday June 01, 2017 @06:11PM (#14465356)
And the US is an ever-decreasing share of the global economy - it's shrinking in relative terms. China overtook the US in World GDP share at PPP in 2014.
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