There’s a potential carbon trade war brewing between the United States and the European Union. Earlier this year, the EU released a plan in which the bloc would tax imports from countries that lack aggressive carbon-reducing policies, including the United States. Now on Wednesday, we learned more about how the United States plans to respond. POLITICO’s Zack Colman explains.

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.

Zack Colman covers climate change for POLITICO.

Raghu Manavalan is the host-producer of the Playbook Daily Briefing and a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.

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How Biden plans to avoid a carbon trade war with the EU