‘He Looked Like a Deer in the Headlights’: Trump Lowers the Boom As US Defeats China-Backed UN Tax Scheme

This post was originally published on here President Trump’s negotiating team pulled an eleventh-hour rabbit out of the hat and scuttled a potentially disastrous UN scheme to impose a “carbon tax” on international shipping. The proceeds from that tax would be used to fund other activities by the International Maritime Organization. It was ugly but…

‘He Looked Like a Deer in the Headlights.’ Trump Lowers the Boom as US Defeats China-Backed UN Tax Scheme

This post was originally published on here President Trump’s negotiating team pulled an eleventh-hour rabbit out of the hat and scuttled a potentially disastrous UN scheme to impose a “carbon tax” on international shipping. The proceeds from that tax would be used to fund other activities by the International Maritime Organization. It was ugly but…