{"id":3834,"date":"2019-11-04T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T22:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-calls-trumps-paris-withdrawal-embarrassing-and-shameful\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:07:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:07:18","slug":"merkley-calls-trumps-paris-withdrawal-embarrassing-and-shameful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-calls-trumps-paris-withdrawal-embarrassing-and-shameful\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley califica la retirada de Trump de Par\u00eds de "vergonzosa y vergonzosa""},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON DC - <\/span>Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley slammed president Donald J. Trump on Monday over his initiation of a U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate Agreement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Today’s decision represents an embarrassing and shameful abandonment of U.S. leadership on the global stage” he said in a written statement.<\/p>\n

Though Trump has been vocal about his intention to withdraw, terms of the agreement—which went into effect Nov 4 2016, would not allow for it till this year.<\/p>\n

Merkley, a member of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis, said the withdrawal would not only be “terrible for America’s moral standing in the world” but would also “sabotage” the nation’s economy.<\/p>\n

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