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On the recordMay 3, 2023
If we wanted to exert pressure on countries like China and India to move off of fossil fuels and to accelerate their transition to clean energy, what U.S. policy would most likely accomplish that?
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Questioning how U.S. policy can influence other countries' energy transitions.

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