As Trump aggressively rejects climate action, U.S.-China climate collaboration once again falls onto the shoulders of companies, academia, and local governments. Angel Hsu, PhD (UNC) writes for Shuang Tan.
As President Biden smiled and chatted with President Xi, he was increasing import tariffs on Chinese EVs, solar panels and batteries. Biden enlisted Japan and Australia to help “contain China”. Biden tried to lobby the British to boycott China’s fast rail technology. And Biden intensified US efforts to prevent China from getting AI, from making advanced chips, and Biden put outright bans on Chinese products, claiming that China was a threat to our national security.
The effort to oppose China’s role in industries which help our climate is sadly bipartisan.
As President Biden smiled and chatted with President Xi, he was increasing import tariffs on Chinese EVs, solar panels and batteries. Biden enlisted Japan and Australia to help “contain China”. Biden tried to lobby the British to boycott China’s fast rail technology. And Biden intensified US efforts to prevent China from getting AI, from making advanced chips, and Biden put outright bans on Chinese products, claiming that China was a threat to our national security.
The effort to oppose China’s role in industries which help our climate is sadly bipartisan.