Congressman-elect Frank Mrvan will serve as co-chairman of the Congressional Steel Caucus, which represents the interests of the steel industry and steelworkers in Congress.
âI am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to join the leaders of the Congressional Steel Caucus to ensure that our workers and the American steel industry can continue to make the best steel in the world and fairly compete in our global economy, Mrvan said. I look forward to working through the caucus to advance policy priorities for the steel industry and make sure that they can continue to be the engine that supports the strength of our national defense and our national economy.â
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11 Dec, 2020 Author Jacob Holzman
President-elect Joe Biden could try to unilaterally impose carbon taxes on imported goods or pressure countries into climate action with the threat of carbon penalties for dirtier imports by taking advantage of a decades-old trade law made popular under President Donald Trump, according to certain legal observers and members of Biden s transition team.
While campaigning to earn the Democratic presidential nomination, Biden endorsed carbon adjustment fees or quotas from countries that fail to meet climate change obligations. The proposal was not part of clean energy plans during the general election, however.
Since winning in November, the Biden transition team has recruited policy experts that previously called for him to set carbon tariffs using Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The transition team did not respond to requests for comment about whether these views