Greer: Trump admin, Congress need ‘creative notions’ to address foreign emissions

The Senate Finance Committee and the Trump administration should pursue “creative notions” to address foreign emissions in imports, the president’s nominee for U.S. Trade Representative said on Thursday, arguing other countries are taking advantage of lax environmental regulations to the detriment of the U.S. During Jamieson Greer’s Feb. 6 confirmation hearing , Finance panel member Bill Cassidy (R-LA) asked Greer to weigh in on his “ Foreign Pollution Fee Act ,” which would impose fees on certain imports based on...