Ending China's Unfair Advantage Act of 2025

Key Points

• The bill would block all U.S. federal funding for the Montreal Protocol (which protects the ozone layer) and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, including any funds created under those agreements.
• For the Montreal Protocol, the funding ban stays in place until the international parties officially remove China from the list of developing countries under their classification system.
• For the UN climate convention, U.S. money is cut off until China is added to Annex I, the list of industrialized nations that face stricter emissions obligations.
• The bill was introduced by Sen. Barrasso with seven Republican co-sponsors and has been referred to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. It reflects a broader argument that China's status as a 'developing country' gives it unfair advantages over the U.S. in international environmental agreements.

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