The decision changed the conditions of competition in the world – that is the verdict of industry and trade in Germany to the President Trumps Climate. Similar to other voices of concern from Germany.
Wind energy Park in Germany
“With the United States, the global climate policy loses at the same time, a proponent of market-based instruments,” lamented the President of the German chamber of industry and Commerce day (DIHK), Eric Schweitzer, the development in Washington: “The DIHK regrets that the United States withdraw from the climate Treaty of Paris.” Climate protection can be effective and competition-neutral, driven only by all of the States together, so Schweitzer. At the same time, he warned, to increase in the other countries, the protection of the climate.
German Machine Builders
“Trumps climate rejection is detrimental to the economy,” noted the German machine manufacturers on Friday. The decision Trumps is not just to the environment is irresponsible, but also to the global economy, according to the Association of German machinery and plant manufacturers, VDMA. “The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions can go Hand-in-Hand with economic growth, when companies planning security for investments in efficient technologies,” says the VDMA. “President Trump challenged this perspective.” He was delaying the development of a modern and environmentally friendly industry.
“Break points“
Also, the German Minister of the environment, the negative consequences, not least for the Americans: “The USA harm with this decision, especially yourself,” said Minister Barbara Hendricks in Berlin. “The U.S. government’s wrong with getting a valuable Chance for a future-oriented development in the United States.” Greater than the harm to the international climate of harm “for multilateralism was”. Because the special feature of the agreement was that the States had decided in Paris, one of the world’s greatest problems of this century to tackle together.
Paris, in the evening, when the climate Convention was signed
With the decision against the Paris agreement, had the “is shown breaking points between Trump and the Rest of the world,” commented the editor of the German Handelsblatt, Gabor Steingart: “We face a President with no impulse control and a willingness to learn,” says Steingart. Trump’s love to break the taboo more than the responsibility.
Climate policy is not solely by Trump
In the future, the President of the centre for European economic research ZEW, Achim Wambach looks: “climate policy in the United States by President Trump.” Tesla build, finally, furthermore, electric cars, and the US state of California plan to continue to cover up to the year 2030 half of its electricity needs with renewable energies. “The companies that have discovered the market for environmentally friendly products, as well as large parts of the society to support the eco-friendly measures,” said Wambach, “are not a result of our exit stop.”
ar/whom (rtr, HB, VDMA, BMUB)