Where climate, trade, and industry collide

This Earth Day, we take a hard look at an unexpected force shaping the future of clean technology: tariffs. As countries race to build green industries like EVs and batteries, trade tensions are starting to influence who gets ahead. In this episode of Climate Watch, Fei Fei speaks with Kyle Chan, a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University and author of the newsletter High Capacity. We unpack how industrial policy, geopolitics, and tariffs are colliding with climate goals. From global supply chains to political headwinds, we explore whether we’re still on track—or if protectionism is putting the planet’s future at risk.

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