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Michael Bloomberg: “There's no question about that. The COP21 agreement was designed in -- to favor America because the negotiators knew…”

On the recordJune 22, 2017
There's no question about that. The COP21 agreement was designed in -- to favor America because the negotiators knew that it would be very hard, if not impossible, to get through an American Congress.
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Michael Bloomberg

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Bloomberg comments on the implications of the U.S. withdrawing from the Paris Accord and its impact on American leadership in climate change.

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