Analysts: Climate change will come to the WTO “One way or another” (Inside U.S. Trade)

Inside U.S. Trade reported on the WTO and how it is dealing with climate change. World Trade Organization members will be forced to address climate change and sustainability issues in Geneva soon as countries move to tackle climate-related concerns in part through trade policy decisions. Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber stated, “The reality is that’s the way the world is moving. Those discussions are — one way or another — are going to move to the WTO at some point.” Glauber cited carbon border taxes and climate-focused agricultural policies as examples of moves made or contemplated by countries that are likely to come up at the WTO.