State Department Memo Bolsters Case to Stay in Climate Pact

  • Top Trump officials to meet Thursday to deliberate on accord
  • Internal memo doesn’t make explicit recommendation on Paris

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An internal State Department memo says the Paris climate accord imposes few obligations on the U.S., bolstering the case for Trump administration officials who want to stay in the deal.

, marked as a draft, makes no explicit recommendation about whether the U.S. should remain part of the pact. It circulated ahead of a scheduled meeting of top administration officials Thursday to discuss whether President Donald Trump should fulfill his campaign pledge to exit the deal.