The NFTC recommended that domestic legislation should encourage global agreement on climate change, including an international framework for dealing with trade-related climate measures; comply with U.S. trade obligations and promote trade; stimulate green innovation and technology production; and lower green trade barriers. The NFTC also raised concerns about certain aspects of trade and competitiveness provisions in the House-passed American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES), chief among them carbon tariffs and border adjustment measures.
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About the NFTC
Advancing Global Commerce for 95 Years – The National Foreign Trade Council is a leading business organization advocating an open, rules-based global trading system. Founded in 1914 by a broad-based group of American companies, the NFTC now serves hundreds of member companies through its offices in Washington and New York.