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Is the US leaving the Paris Agreement significant?

The withdrawal of the US from the Paris Agreement on climate change will not alter our forecasts of US demand for energy commodities, since the agreement was non-binding and President Trump had no intention of implementing it anyway. However, it may signal to other countries that there will be less international pressure to move away from coal-fired power generation.

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