Climate Politics
Carney’s China EV Deal Cheered by California’s Clean Air Cop
Canada’s agreement to allow 49,000 Chinese electric cars into the country bolsters the global effort to phase out gas vehicles, the California Air Resources Board chair said.
California’s top environmental regulator lauded a trade deal Canada struck to import electric cars from China as a win in the global effort to replace gas vehicles.
“I’m excited to see what unfolds in Canada now after you see what the prime minister announced,” California Air Resources Board chair Lauren Sanchez said Tuesday during a BloombergNEF summit in San Francisco. “It only reinforces that the Trump administration is going it alone.”