Sarkozy promises to hit America with a carbon tax if Trump rips up landmark Paris climate deal

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/donald-trump-us-carbon-tax-nicolas-sarkozy-global-warming-paris-climate-deal-a7418301.html

Nicolas Sarkozy promises to hit America with a carbon tax if Donald Trump rips up landmark Paris climate deal

French presidential candidate suggests US should be punished financially if Donald Trump fulfils pledge to pull out of international pact
Ben Kentish


French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has pledged to take revenge on the US if Donald Trump withdraws American support for the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change.

The pact was agreed by 195 nations in December 2015 and aims to limit global warming to no more than 2C. But Donald Trump has promised to withdraw American support for the agreement and said he believes global warming is a hoax invented by the Chinese to damage US trade.

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Reports in recent days have suggested Mr Trump is seeking the quickest possible means to extract the US from its obligations under the Paris Agreement and wants to bypass the four-year procedure for leaving the accord.

The President-elect is also reported to be considering making oil industry executive Forrest Lucas his Interior Secretary and has already appointed a climate change sceptic, Myron Ebell, as director of the US Center for Energy and Environment.

Climate negotiators are meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco, this week to try to agree on how the Paris Agreement will be implemented.

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1. he believes global warming is a hoax invented by the Chinese to damage US trade.

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