Beijing time:2022-09-23 11:25
【New Tang Dynasty Times, Beijing time, September 23, 2022】United States SenateA climate bill was passed on Wednesday (September 21) with an additional clause calling for an end toChinaofdeveloping country statussee the report.
U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper: “The vote, 69 in favor, 27 once morest.”
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved a climate treaty amendment — the Kigali Amendment to the 2019 Montreal Protocol — with a more than two-thirds majority.
The amendment, signed by 124 countries, urges countries to reduce the use of refrigerant hydrofluorocarbons by 85% by 2036. Widely used in refrigerators and air conditioners, HFCs are super pollutants that destroy the ozone layer in the atmosphere.
U.S. lawmakers pointed out that the bill would also benefit U.S. companies that develop and produce alternatives to HFCs.
United States SenatorMenendez: “Joining the Kigali Amendment will keep the world awayChina(Total) and its companies, but turn to our competitive advantage. This is good for America and our business and bad for China. “
On the same day, two Republican senatorsDan SullivanAnd Mike Lee also proposed an additional clause that would require the U.S. State Department to propose to the United Nations an end to China’sdeveloping country status. The Senate passed the request by a vote of 96-0.
U.S. Republican Senator Mike Lee: “This will begin to address the issue of China receiving special treatment at a cost to the American people. As the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, China has long been non-compliance and ignoring environmental standards and continue to increase its emissions.”
If the United Nations and the WTO no longer recognize China as a developing country, it means that some special treatment enjoyed by the CCP will be cancelled, such as low-interest loans from the World Bank, unequal trade tariffs, and so on.
Xie Tian, a professor at the Aiken School of Business at the University of South Carolina, said: “To give an inappropriate example, some new immigrants from mainland China came to the United States, pretending to be very poor and applying for subsidies from the US government, but in fact they are very wealthy. Qian is often willing to show off his famous cars and mansions, but now the U.S. government has discovered that these people actually have assets and cancels his subsidies. How will he feel? I think the CCP’s mentality is similar.”
NTDTV reporter Jin Shi from New York
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