The United States of America, under the Donald Trump administration, has voiced its unequivocal stance against the first of its kind global carbon tax introduced by a United Nations organisation. With the voting for International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Net-Zero Framework (NZF), which would impose a global levy on shipping emission as an effort to reduce carbon output, set to take place in a few days, the US president has also voiced out his “outrage” over the issue.
Taking to his Truth Social platform, Trump slammed the global carbon tax and slandered it for being a “Global Green New Scam Tax” instead. Expressing his staunch opposition to the policy, he wrote on Thursday (US time), “I am outraged that the International Maritime Organization is voting in London this week to pass a global Carbon Tax. The United States will NOT stand for this Global Green New Scam Tax on Shipping, and will not adhere to it in any way, shape, or form.”
He went on to say, “We will not tolerate increased prices on American Consumers OR, the creation of a Green New Scam Bureaucracy to spend YOUR money on their Green dreams. Stand with the United States, and vote NO in London tomorrow!”
Marco Rubio rejects IMO carbon tax
Trump’s remarks on the issue followed shortly after US State Secretary Marco Rubio said the day before that the current administration would not stand by UN’s decision to tax American citizens and companies. He further contended that the carbon tax “will be a hard NO” for the country under the MAGA leader’s government. Rubio also went on to urge other nations to “stand alongside the US in defence of our citizens and sovereignty.”
US government stands against UN’s global carbon tax
About a week ago, the US State Department issued an official media note titled, “Taking Action to Defend America from the UN’s First Global Carbon Tax – the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) “Net-Zero Framework” (NZF).” It included a joint statement by Rubio, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
Rejecting the proposal, the spokesperson’s office noted that the economic impacts of the decision could be disastrous, as some estimates had already predicted that it would global shipping costs as much as 10% or even more. Deeming it a risk to the global economy, the government statement added, “President Trump has made it clear that the United States will not accept any international environmental agreement that unduly or unfairly burdens the United States or harms the interests of the American people.”
Moreover, the US officials also hit out against any country that would support the global carbon tax, pushing out major threats like imposing visa restrictions, fee hikes, imposing commercial penalties, raising additional port fees on ships tied to the said country, and much more.
“The United States will be moving to levy these remedies against nations that sponsor this European-led neocolonial export of global climate regulations. We will fight hard to protect our economic interests by imposing costs on countries if they support the NZ,” the statement read.
