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China, India vow to uphold Paris climate deal after Trump quits

Fadel Senna, AFP | Members of international delegations play with a giant air globe ball outside the COP22 climate conference on November 18, 2016, in Marrakesh.

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World leaders reacted with anger and defiance after US President Donald Trump said Thursday the United States, the world's second-biggest carbon emitter, was quitting the 2015 Paris climate deal, which the EU, China and India have vowed to uphold.