Guest essay by Eric Worrall
According to the Washington Post, Biden plans to impose trade tariffs on Australia unless Australia embraces a net zero carbon plan and curbs Australia’s CO2 intensive energy export industry.
Biden’s plan to combat climate change leaves coal-loving Australia an outlier
By A. Odysseus PatrickNovember 17, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. GMT+10
SYDNEY — Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election was largely welcomed by America’s friends as a step toward more predictable and conventional U.S. foreign policy. One close American ally, though, faces a thorny predicament as a result of Biden’s plan to build a global coalition to combat global warming: Australia.
Australia is the world’s second-largest coal exporter and top liquefied natural gas exporter, according to industry bodies, and one of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases per person. This status, combined with years of hand-wringing on both sides of Australian politics over climate policies, has earned the country a reputation as a climate-change laggard.
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“Australia has nowhere to hide,” former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd said in an interview. “It’s time for Morrison to swallow his pride, admit he was wrong and embrace a carbon target.”
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“Our policies won’t be set in the United Kingdom; they won’t be set in Brussels; they won’t be set in any part of the world other than here,” Morrison said last week.
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Once a Biden administration takes office, one of the main economic threats to Australia is whether the United States goes ahead with a plan to impose tariffs on big emitters of carbon dioxide.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/australia-climate-fires-biden-murdoch/2020/11/17/25516342-2306-11eb-9c4a-0dc6242c4814_story.html
A lot of Australian mainstream media outlets and celebrities backed Biden to win against Trump.
If Biden imposes climate sanctions, or if Australia shuts down energy exports to placate a new US administration, everyone in Australia would feel the impact; curbing Australian exports would likely turn Australia’s mild trade surplus into a trade deficit, ending the economic free run Australians have enjoyed for the last two decades, by putting upward pressure on interest rates and the prices of imported goods.
Biden sanctions could force Australia to choose between reconciliation with China and economic ruin. Australia’s support for US efforts to curb China’s aggressive expansionism has triggered a costly trade war with China. Australia is in no position to fight a trade war with both the USA and China at the same time.
Update (EW): “If you make China the Enemy, China will be the enemy” – a leaked document has just provided the latest example of just how toxic Australia’s relationship with China is becoming, thanks to Australia’s support for the USA. But China has left the door open – providing Australia adopts a more China friendly attitude.
“Biden sanctions could force Australia to choose between reconciliation with China and economic ruin. Australia’s support for US efforts to curb China’s aggressive expansionism has triggered a costly trade war with China. Australia is in no position to fight a trade war with both the USA and China at the same time.”
So, Biden’s plan is to force more countries to manufacture in China so that they don’t emit directly?
So, Biden’s climate plan is to force even more allies to give all of their manufacturing to China so that they’re not emitting directly. He’s brilliant.
Is it Biden or media-crafted synthetic Biden at play here?
The PRC has a highly practical mindset regarding investments. The 1.5 gigabucks shoved Hunter’s way were the velvet handcuffs ensuring Joe’s loyalty. A reconciled Australia means that PRC power plants can get back to burning the good stuff, rather than Mongolian rocks.
Don’t look now, but Joe Biden is planning a “climate administration.” You thought Zero’s assault on fossil fuels (especially coal) was bad? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet! We have a long four years ahead, and the Republicans are going to need to find a replacement candidate for 2024. As far as Trump goes, I think he might make noises about running again just to get his fans ramped up, but I doubt he would actually be stupid enough to run again (then again, who knows). The Republicans really need someone who isn’t a narcissistic moronic tweetaholic bully.
If Biden is allowed to win by cheating, there’s no point worrying about 2024, because they’ll just print a hundred million votes.
Either Trump wins, or America is run by Democrats until it collapses in a few years.
So now tariffs are good? I can’t keep up.
1st, the vote has not been certified yet. Biden is not Pres elect until the vote is certified or President Trump concedes.
2nd, Attacking Austrailia with tarrifs is Biden doing the bidding of his Chinese overlord, Xi.
The Chinese Social Credit System is already here in the USA and is being implemented by big tech global terrorist, and Democrats want a piece of it.
I am afraid that waiting to fight back against this tyranny that we may be too late. But fight we must, and not just with words.
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President Deniers are on a par with 9-11 Truthers. Sad.
Yep, the last 4 years have been full of sad, pathetic President deniers.
Bet you were one of them.
btw USA ships 11 million tones of Wyoming & Montana thermal coal each yr to Asia (primarily to China) via Vancouver BC port
Are Biden & his green team going to cancel the American contracts too?
Is Biden teaming up with China against Australia . . . ?
From the article: “Once a Biden administration takes office, one of the main economic threats to Australia is whether the United States goes ahead with a plan to impose tariffs on big emitters of carbon dioxide.”
Somebody ought to ask ole Traitor Joe if China is on his carbon dioxide hit list. They emit more carbon dioxide than anyone. Surely, they are on Joe’s list. Although I haven’t heard any mention of China with regards to this topic. It must be an oversight.
The truth is Biden will not confront the Chicoms because the Chicoms know where all the bodies are buried. There was a reason the Chicoms were feeding the Biden family money in the past. Here it is. The Chicoms say: “Joe, you go easy on us, and we won’t tell the world about your criminal activities in China.” And Joe will comply.
What Biden wants to do is totally unnecessary because the burning of wood is Denmark has saved the climate so no further action is required by anyone. No one needs to worry about climate change any more. The Danes have solved the problem once and for all and for all time.
Headline translation: Biden will further push Australia, Brazil and other friendly countries into the arms of China.