In fact, two different sources of data ( a survey of scientists and a study linking agreement to the credibility of the expert) converge on the same fact: 97 to 98 percent of climate scientists are convinced by the evidence for anthropogenic climate change.

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But on Tuesday he declared his support for what would be the biggest free-trade deal of all a comprehensive trans-Atlantic agreement linking Europe and the U.S. A good deal could, by most estimates, raise GDP on both sides of the Atlantic by as much as 1% a year.

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Russia has insisted on linking the arms control agreement to the controversial issue of a proposed U.S. missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.

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Since Mexico joined the North American Free-Trade Agreement, linking its economy with the United States and Canada, its trade with Europe has become less important: as a share of total trade, it fell to 6.3% in 1997, down from 8.8% in 1993.

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Over the past decade there has been growing international agreement that the system for linking science and policy in the area of biodiversity and ecosystem services needed further improvement, resulting ultimately in the process for creating an Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

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