""the United States will not stand for this global green new scam tax on shipping.""
""Now you have one year, you will continue to work on several aspects of these amendments," Arsenio Dominguez, secretary general of the International Maritime Organization, said in his closing remarks. "You have one year to negotiate and talk and come to consensus.""
""given the urgency we face in light of accelerating climate change.""
""The delay leaves the shipping sector drifting in uncertainty. But this week has also shown that there is a clear desire to clean up the shipping industry, even in the face of U.S. bullying," said Alison Shaw, IMO Manager at Transport & Environment, a Brussels-based environmental nongovernmental"
An International Maritime Organization meeting adjourned without adopting regulations to impose a global fee on shipping emissions. The United States, Saudi Arabia and other nations opposed a global tax on shipping emissions and threatened retaliation if it passed. President Donald Trump posted that "the United States will not stand for this global green new scam tax on shipping." Saudi Arabia secured a vote to adjourn the meeting for one year and a majority supported the delay. IMO Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez said delegations have one year to negotiate amendments. Pacific Island representative Ralph Regenvanu called the decision unacceptable given accelerating climate change. Most ships run on heavy fuel oil that emits carbon dioxide and other pollutants, and adoption would have created the first global fee on shipping greenhouse gas emissions. Environmental groups said the delay leaves the sector uncertain while showing continued desire to decarbonize shipping.
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