Re:Venture investors blast US decision to withdraw from Pari...
by rbehrends on Friday June 02, 2017 @09:30AM
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My point here is that the "idea that the US should renegotiate to get a better deal" is inherently nonsensical. You won't ask this question, because it doesn't make any sense.
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Re:Venture investors blast US decision to withdraw from Pari...
by nickik on Friday June 02, 2017 @09:35AM
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Why are there any negotiations at all then? If there are any kind of negotiations then you can do it better.
Re:Venture investors blast US decision to withdraw from Pari...
by rbehrends on Friday June 02, 2017 @10:36AM
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A primary goal of the Paris Agreement was signaling; the benefit of it was that they got all countries aboard, except Syria (which was in the middle of a civil war) and Nicaragua (which wanted more and voluntarily is doing more).
Trump's decision (assuming it's a rational one and not fed by ignorance) is signaling the reverse: he's telling his supporters that climate change is a myth. And this is why he's getting pushback from other countries.