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Trump and Nicaragua form odd couple on climate

Friday, November 18, 2016


U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's threat of pulling the United States out of a global agreement to curb climate change could place the United States in a tiny club with just one other nation - Nicaragua.

If he acts on the threat, the two countries will be alone in formally opposing the Paris Agreement adopted by almost 200 other states - but for very different reasons.

Source: Reuters