US EditionUS Threatens Visa Restrictions, Sanctions Against UN Members that Back IMO Emissions Plan
- On Friday, October 10, the United States threatened retaliation against nations voting for a United Nations agency plan to cut emissions from ocean shipping.
- UN member nations are scheduled to vote next week on the International Maritime Organization's Net-Zero Framework to reduce shipping CO2 from a sector handling around 80% of world trade and close to 3% of emissions.
- Officials warned they could impose commercial penalties and sanctions, including blocking vessels flagged in those nations from US ports and imposing visa restrictions and fees.
- The administration argued they `unequivocally reject` the proposal and warned they `will fight hard to protect our economic interests` if supported, US officials said on Friday.
- Supporters of the IMO proposal argue that without global rules, the industry faces patchwork regulations and rising costs, while some oil tanker companies raised `grave concerns`, and Washington described it as `a global carbon tax on the world`.
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El EconomistaThe United States threatened Friday with sanctions and other punitive actions against countries that vote in favour of a carbon tax on maritime transport, which will be implemented through a UN agency. "We will fight firmly to protect our economic interests by imposing costs on countries that support" the Framework Net-Zero (NZF) agreement, said in a joint communiqué the US Secretaries of State, Energy and Transport. Members of the International…
The United States threatened on Friday 10 October with sanctions any country that would vote in favour of a carbon tax on shipping, within the framework of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a UN agency, denouncing a "neocolonial" measure.
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US threatens visa restrictions, sanctions against UN members that back IMO emissions plan
The United States on Friday (Oct 10) threatened to use visa restrictions and sanctions to retaliate against nations that vote in favour of a plan put forward by a United Nations agency to reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from ocean shipping.UN member nations are scheduled to vote next week on th
Washington strongly opposes a global carbon tax on shipping and warns potential punitive measures against countries that would support it The United States has threatened
U.S. Threatens Sanctions Over UN Maritime Emission Proposal
U.S. Threatens Sanctions Over UN Maritime Emission Proposal The United States has issued a stark warning, threatening sanctions and visa restrictions against countries that back a United Nations proposal aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the ocean shipping sector. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is set to vote on its Net-Zero Framework proposal next week, which seeks to curtail carbon dioxide emissions globally. The s…
On Friday, the United States threatened with sanctions any country that would vote in favour of a carbon tax on shipping, within the framework of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a UN agency, denouncing a "neocolonial" measure.
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