U.S. tries to block a global emissions deal for shipping
Marketplace Morning Report
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🗓️ 17 October 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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From the BBC World Service: A landmark agreement to reduce carbon emissions from global shipping is in danger of collapsing after President Donald Trump intervened. We'll unpack. Then, Singles' Day — China's biggest online shopping event — typically takes place on Nov. 11 but has started early this year as weak consumption dogs the world's second-largest economy. Plus, the global tattoo industry could grow to $6.5 billion by 2033. We talk with artists about the state of the tattoo biz.
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| 1:35.8 | Will the U.S. block a global deal to tax carbon emissions from shipping? Live from the UK, |
| 1:41.7 | this is the Marketplace Morning Report from the BBC World Service. |
| 1:45.2 | I'm William Lee Adams. Good morning. |
| 1:47.9 | We begin with a landmark global agreement to charge shipping companies over their carbon emissions, |
| 1:53.3 | an agreement that's at risk of collapsing after America urged countries to oppose it. |
| 1:57.9 | The deal was set to be signed in London by representatives from most international |
| 2:02.2 | merry time organization member countries. The BBC's climate and science correspondent, Esmey Stalard, |
| 2:08.5 | joins us now, Esmey hi. Hi there. So this deal has been called historic. Can you tell us what it |
| 2:15.1 | actually involves? Of course. So this deal was first agreed back |
| 2:19.4 | in April and it was 10 years in the making. What countries agreed was that they would set effectively |
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