White House Task Force Signals Renewed Focus On Climate-Trade Policy

The White House is launching a new task force on policies seeking to combine climate and trade efforts, a move aimed at building momentum for trade policy updates including potential carbon border mechanisms that would reduce carbon emissions from imported goods as officials struggle to craft a narrower deal on trade in steel and aluminum. Top U.S. climate negotiator John Podesta announced the White House Climate and Trade Task Force during April 16 remarks at a Global Energy Summit hosted...