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180 countries today reached agreement on a new convention to limit ocean dumping of plastic waste. Among the few non-signers: the United States. reuters.com/article/us-env…
In 2018, the US did adopt - and President Trump did sign - a promising new law to curb plastic waste. plasticsnews.com/article/201810…
And the NAFTA update negotiated with Canada and Mexico - although still unratified by Congress - also had plastic waste restrictions.
The 180-country Basel agreement does not seem much more onerous than the rules the US has imposed on itself. So the issue seems less one of policy - more a general Trump administration dislike of international agreements.
The price of this dislike of international agreements ? Other countries get out of the habit of looking to the US for environmental leadership. Which is a loss when the US seeks to exert other kinds of leadership on other issues
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