Change in U.S. administration could shift political calculations over carbon tariffs, say advocates

Despite facing an internal 'crisis' over its dispute-resolution system, the WTO could still serve as a way to build consensus on 'developing a climate change approach to trade,' says professor Debra Steiger.

U.S. vice-president-elect Kamala Harris and president-elect Joe Biden. The Biden-Harris campaign platform included a promise to 'impose carbon adjustment fees or quotas on carbon-intensive goods from countries' that are lagging in their climate commitments. It’s billed as a way to mitigate the competitive disadvantages domestic producers may face against foreign producers with less stringent emissions policies. Photograph courtesy of Facebook

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BY Beatrice Paez

November 11, 2020

The political winds in Canada, and internationally, could gradually shift in favour of a carbon levy on goods from climate laggards if an incoming Biden administration is able to make good on a pledge to adopt the policy, but movement on the file could be bogged down ...

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