PARIS: France’s presidential candidate Manuel Valls pledged to tax U.S. imports if President Donald Trump pulls his country out of the global climate deal reached in Paris in 2015.
According to details, Valls proposed a carbon tax on American goods. He said: “When Donald Trump declares some kind of economic war on Europe, we must be ready.”
Valls, a former prime minister, is facing ex-government member Benoit Hamon in the country’s Socialist presidential primary runoff. Hamon said environmental and climate issues are among his priorities.
During his campaign, Trump suggested he was keeping an open mind about climate change and about whether he’ll pull the U.S. out of the global emissions-cutting deal struck in Paris.
The socialist candidates are trying to draw a distinction between themselves and Trump, who once suggested that climate change is a “hoax created by China” to disrupt the U.S. economy and harm American business.
