(02-13-2020, 10:00 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(02-13-2020, 09:03 PM)Predator Wrote: It's a non binding agreement. You can't use it as justification to initiate penalties and tariffs.

I understand you wish it was set up that way but it wasn't.

1) a country can set up a penalty or tariff whenever it feels like. The WTO may turn around and impose a counter penalty or counter tariff, but countries can also decline to participate with the WTO.

2) I agree that the Paris agreement is non-binding, but somebody who wished to impose something later could justify it, saying, "we are doing this because this country will not hold up their part of the Paris agreement." You know the agreement is not binding, I know the agreement is non-binding, but this future politician could still refer to it because the masses are very malleable...

I'm saying a lot less than you think I'm saying on this...

You can essentially say we are already doing this to China without the Paris agreement. The tariffs are designed to reduce or take away markets which will force them to reduce their production which in turn reduces their industrial emissions.

Pollution and manufacturing things cheaper than other countries pretty much go hand in hand.

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