EU Revives Fight for Global Shipping Carbon Price, Setting Up IMO Clash With U.S.

BRUSSELS/LONDON, April 24 (Reuters) – European Union countries agreed on Friday to keep pushing for a global price on shipping’s CO2 emissions in U.N. talks next week, setting up another potential clash with the United States over the proposal.

Governments at the International Maritime Organization decided last year to postpone the climate plan by a year, after the Trump administration strongly opposed the measure and threatened to impose sanctions and visa restrictions on delegates who supported it.

That has not stopped European countries attempting to revive the plan, according to the EU’s negotiating position for next week’s