U.S. withdraws from Paris, active everywhere else?

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  Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.

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  This is the point.

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  On January the 27th the United States will officially withdraw from the Paris Agreement for a second time.

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  This process began a year ago when US President Donald Trump signed an executive order announcing the country's exit from the organization.

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  In fact,

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  he also signed an executive order earlier this month announcing America's withdrawal from 66 international organizations,

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  including 31 UN organizations.

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  It seems the US is pulling back from the world stage.

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  And yet, at the same time,

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  it has taken actions with an expansion us touch the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro threatening military strikes in Iran,

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  I in Greenland, just to name a few.

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  How to make sense of these seemingly contradictory behaviors?

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  How consequential will these actions be?

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  And how should other countries adapt and respond?

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  Welcome to The Point.

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  With me, Liu Xin, an opinion coming to you from Beijing.

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  I'm pleased to be joined from Shanghai by University Professor Wang Jing at Shanghai International Studies University,

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  from Beijing by Zun Ahmed Khan,

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  a Pakistani researcher and journalist at the Center for China and Globalization,

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  a prominent think tank,

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