New US and EU tariffs and other restrictions on ‘dirty’ steel and aluminium could presage a climate-focused trade war. China can help avoid this and boost the climate change fight by pressing the WTO to take up the steel overcapacity issue.
Her speech was another example of how the Biden administration is seeking to address climate change across the vast machinery of the federal government.
James Bacchus: A global climate trade war is looming. Here’s how to avert it