'It's time to end this circular firing squad where countries threaten and, if successful, weaken or repeal one another's climate measures through trade and investment agreements.'
to challenge nations' climate policies, hampering the fight against the worsening planetary emergency.
"At the exact moment we should be promoting more green jobs initiatives in the U.S., we instead have the EU and other countries using threats of trade attacks to try to bully the U.S. into eliminating these types of programs, creating a race to the bottom in trade and climate," said Arthur Stamoulis, executive director of the Trade Justice Education Fund.
"It is time for countries to come together and agree to stop using trade rules to challenge commonsense climate and green jobs policies needed to build the clean energy economy," Stamoulis added."The U.S. should work with other countries to commit to a Climate Peace Clause and create a race to the top on trade and climate. I urge the E.U. to reconsider this counterproductive action.
Hebah Kassem, acting director of A Living Economy at Sierra Club, added,"It's clear that the time for a Climate Peace Clause is now—so that all countries can get to the urgent business of taking bold climate action without fear of unnecessary challenges from trade agreements."
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