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Donald Trump: “India had no standard whatsoever [under the Paris Climate…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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Trump's Speech on Revitalizing the American Coal Industry

Published | Video Starts at 17:19

Russia had a 1992 standard. China was paying nothing. China didn't kick in until 2035. This was five years ago. So they didn't kick in for many years. India had no standard whatsoever [under the Paris Climate Accord]. But we had the highest standard you could imagine. And we had to start paying from day one and we had to pay lots of money. We paid for everything. (17:19–17:22)

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Asserts that India had no obligations under the Paris Climate Accord.

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