Trump’s climate call is bad for the US

Donald Trump's decision to take America out of the Paris climate change agreement is bad news for the US. Matthew Lynn explains why.

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He's a slow-motion disaster for the economy
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Industry will be freed from meddling regulation. Manufacturing will have access to cheap energy, making it more competitive against the rest of the world. The United States will be cut loose from global agreements, and allowed to forge its own path. It is not hard to understand why Donald Trump took his decision to take America out of the Paris climate change agreement and why he sees it as part of his mission to revive the country's traditional economic base. There is a problem, however, and it's not a minor one. He has got it completely wrong.

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Matthew Lynn

Matthew Lynn is a columnist for Bloomberg, and writes weekly commentary syndicated in papers such as the Daily Telegraph, Die Welt, the Sydney Morning Herald, the South China Morning Post and the Miami Herald. He is also an associate editor of Spectator Business, and a regular contributor to The Spectator. Before that, he worked for the business section of the Sunday Times for ten years. 

He has written books on finance and financial topics, including Bust: Greece, The Euro and The Sovereign Debt Crisis and The Long Depression: The Slump of 2008 to 2031. Matthew is also the author of the Death Force series of military thrillers and the founder of Lume Books, an independent publisher.