The planet will charge us tariffs
A month with an average temperature above 30 degrees implies losses in exports close to 3%.
Protests in Seattle in 1999 against the World Trade Organization (WTO) brought the environment to the centre of international trade debate. Economists have since spent three decades questioning whether trade harms the planet. A recent conference in Orleans on foreign trade and sustainability concluded that there are answers to this question, but it is no longer the most important one. The focus has shifted to reversing the question, which is more relevant today.
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