Re:U.S. Exits Paris Climate Accord
by noworriesnate on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @08:06AM
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If we bring jobs back to the U.S., we will no longer be outsourcing our pollution production. The same jobs will produce less pollution in the U.S. than in China. Of course prices will go up for the goods being produced. So there is something we can do about China and India being major polluters.
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Isn’t this something that’s up to the companies that put their production there to decide?
Re:U.S. Exits Paris Climate Accord
by noworriesnate on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @08:21AM
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No, because companies that want to employ Americans can't compete with companies that want to employ Chinese, because it costs less to employ Chinese.
In other words there are externalities (polluting the global environment) that aren't priced into the cost of labor when you're comparing the two countries. Tariffs and similar things can help price in that externality.
Tariffs have been good for China. In fact their economy is booming. Polluting your own soil is never a good thing and spills over on other aspects of society makes it more expensive.