Article 2R74S Endorsing the Paris Agreement is Trump’s best opportunity for a big win | Joseph Robertson

Endorsing the Paris Agreement is Trump’s best opportunity for a big win | Joseph Robertson

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Joseph Robertson
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A 21st-century American infrastructure agenda depends on the Paris Agreement

There is only one part of President Trump's agenda with real opportunity for a big win, right now, and that is infrastructure. And the Paris Agreement-the strongest ever signal pointing toward transformational infrastructure investment-is the only way to mobilize the capital necessary to get to that big win.

The common misunderstanding about the Paris accord is its impact on business and investment. Opponents fret about costs and economic change, but achieving the Paris Agreement's goals will unlock capital investment at a rate no other policy initiative can match.

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