White House to establish a ‘Climate and Trade Task Force’

A new White House Climate and Trade Task Force will develop a more sustainable U.S. trade policy, boost emissions monitoring and promote clean manufacturing to reduce emissions caused by global trade, the Biden administration’s climate envoy announced on Tuesday. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai will be a member. “Our current global trading system was built to promote open and competitive markets -- which it has done well -- but it wasn’t built to curb emissions,” White House Senior Adviser for...