Donald Trump’s campaign to block a climate agreement for the global shipping industry scored a major victory on Friday, dealing a blow to international diplomacy and drawing accusations about its conduct.
The eleventh-hour derailment of the UN-backed Net Zero Framework, provisionally agreed by a majority of countries in April, came after Trump blasted the “global green new scam tax on shipping”.
The proposed levy on shipping carbon emissions was expected to be made legally-binding at this week’s meetings. Trump said the US would “not adhere to [the shipping levy] in any way, shape, or form.”
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