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On the recordApril 26, 2021
With a price on carbon, that would be consistent with global progress, you say, but it would also facilitate global progress through border adjustments.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Discusses how a carbon price can aid international cooperation on emissions.

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