Proposed U.S. Foreign Pollution Fee Act (similar to the EU’s CBAM)

Ira Reese
Ira Reese
Independent consultant on customs and trade matters and border and stadium security, Global Security and Innovative Strategies, United States of America
Published 14 Jan 2024
Proposed U.S. Foreign Pollution Fee Act (similar to the EU’s CBAM)
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EU importers of cement, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilizers, electricity and hydrogen are preparing to submit their first report under the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), based on emissions data from their third-country suppliers. What about other countries? Will they also introduce such climate measures, so that EU and other countries' suppliers (exporters) should be getting ready to prepare their emissions data? Indeed, there are similar initiatives in other countries, for example, the proposed U.S. Foreign Pollution Fee Act.

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