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>externalizing the costs of ongoing industrialization to societies that can least afford the costs.

We regulate pollution, China mostly doesn't. It's not clear to me what policy you think the West should adopt to fix this.




Tax imports of products that pollute as part of their manufacturing process. There, this both evens the paying field, creates an incentive for everyone to play ball, and promotes non-polluting economic growth.


That's reasonable, but hard to enact without inviting retaliation. I'm not sure if the resulting retaliation would make the overall policy a net win or loss.




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