Macron Rejects Trade Deals With Countries Outside Paris Climate Pact

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said that trade agreements will be contingent on membership in the Paris climate pact, in a clear bid … Continue reading Macron Rejects Trade Deals With Countries Outside Paris Climate Pact

By Simon

Updated September 25, 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the 73rd session of the General Assembly at the United Nations on September 25, 2018 in New York. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP

French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the 73rd session of the General Assembly at the United Nations on September 25, 2018, in New York. Photo: LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said that trade agreements will be contingent on membership in the Paris climate pact, in a clear bid to pressure the United States.

“We will no longer sign commercial agreements with powers that do not respect the Paris accord,” Macron told the UN General Assembly without explicitly mentioning his US counterpart Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the global framework.

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