John Kerry about border carbon taxes

"In Dubai everybody agreed we're going to transition away from fossil fuel but we're not, people aren't doing that. And so our workers a lot of workers where people are doing what they were supposed to do are hugely disadvantaged as a result by goods that come in here but people who just burn coal or do whatever they want or aren't at least even showing that they're willing to adopt a sort of sensible path. So as a result, I think it is gaining some traction. I think that I just met with a bunch of senators here in New York, actually, in the last few days, and they're all really on a bipartisan basis, thinking very seriously about implementing it. So bottom line, it would be better if we didn't have to do that but we have an unfair trade mechanism structure globally. And the WTO is teetering, to say the least. And I think we're gonna have to have some very serious trade conversations starting, obviously, after the American election."