Bipartisan Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism - A Political Unicorn?
Posted on AllSides March 15th, 2023
From The Center
A Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) allows a country to impose a price on carbon emitted during the production of goods in the country of origin as import fees, thus incentivizing greener manufacturing. This has been a perennial aspiration of environmentalists for decades that once languished in obscurity but is now rapidly becoming policy. Now, this step forward in climate policy may be legislated with bipartisan support in the US Congress, with far-reaching implications not just for the environment but the international economy.
The European Union (EU) has started the process,...
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