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Dave Rank

Dave Rank was the top US diplomat in China when President Trump announced he would pull the US out of the Paris Climate Agreement. His refusal to help implement that decision ended his 27 years in the foreign service.

How climate change and Donald Trump brought an end to this diplomat’s career

Global Politics

Dave Rank was the top US diplomat in China until President Donald Trump announced he would pull the US out of the Paris Climate Agreement. That’s when he knew his 27-year career in the US foreign service would be over.

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