Washington, D.C. -- The United States will withdraw from the international climate agreement known as the Paris accord, President Trump announced on June 1, 2017. He said the U.S. will negotiate either re-entering the Paris agreement or a new deal that would put American workers first.
One day before the decision was officially announced, Tao Zhang, Founding Managing Director of Dao Ventures, joined the following panelists on The Heat program at the China Global Television Network (CGTN) to discuss Trump’s expected decision and what it could mean for global climate change and the role that China is expected to play under the new circumstances.
Nathan King, CGTN correspondent
Michael Dorsey, co-founder and vice president of strategy at U.S. Climate Plan
Frederick Palmer, senior fellow for climate and energy at The Heartland Institute
On the same day, Tao Zhang was also invited to discuss with CGTN's Elaine Reyes the possibilities of the U.S. leaving the Paris Climate accord, as can be seen from the video below.