Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina in April introduced to the Senate a new version of their Foreign Pollution Fee Act, which they claim would “level the playing field for American manufacturers” by imposing carbon emission-linked levies on a range of imports. The bill is inspired by the fact that US manufacturers tend to have smaller carbon footprints than their Chinese rivals. That’s largely because the biggest means of electricity generation in the US is its abundant shale gas, while the Chinese grid has a greater reliance on coal (though new capacity in both countries is now mostly renewable).
Foreign Pollution Fee Act, which they claim would “level the playing field for American manufacturers” by imposing carbon emission-linked levies on a range of imports.