US election - Trump versus Biden on chemicals

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English - November 03, 2020 00:00 - 22 minutes - 30.3 MB
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Whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden wins the US election, inexorable market forces will push the US away from fossil fuels and towards adoption of low carbon technologies.
- Market forces are more powerful than presidents
- Market forces will force switch away from fossil fuels to recycled feedstocks
- Biden likely to push solar, wind, electrification of transport
- Biden unlikely to reverse Trump’s China trade tariffs
- Fundamental shift in US-China relations unlikely to reverse
- Signing back up to Iran nuclear deal would increase oil and chemical supply
Listen to this podcast interview with ICIS Chemical Business deputy editor, Joseph Chang; and chairman of New Normal Consulting, Paul Hodges.
Interview by Will Beacham