US President Donald Trump has told reporters his administration will seek to prevent the International Maritime organisation from adopting a global emissions-pricing mechanism, a position reported on 25 September 2026.
The report, published under the headline "Trump renews attacks on IMO Net-Zero Framework," summarised remarks in which the President signalled active opposition to a proposal to introduce a single, internationally applied price on greenhouse-gas emissions from shipping.
Mr Trump is reported to have framed the measure as a costly levy on international trade and to have recalled that his administration had acted last year to block an attempt to establish a similar international charge through the UN body responsible for maritime regulation. The article records his intention that the United States will again move to prevent such an outcome at the IMO.
The substance of the announcement
According to the report, the President’s comments asserted that Washington would oppose any move by the IMO to adopt a global emissions-pricing scheme. The description in the report notes that the administration characterised a proposed global carbon charge as an expansive and expensive intervention that would raise costs for international shipping.
Timing and source
Sources carried the account on 25 September 2026 under the headline cited above. The website’s item is the basis for the present report and is the only source used here to describe the remarks and the administration’s stated intention.
The published account attributes to the President a recollection that, in the previous year, his administration had intervened to prevent the IMO from moving forward with what he described as a first-ever global carbon charge. The report says he presented that earlier action as precedent for renewed intervention by the United States.
The story as reported concentrates on the President’s stated policy objective of blocking adoption of a single, global pricing mechanism for emissions at the IMO. It does not, in the material supplied here, set out detail of any proposed alternative measure nor does it supply further comment from other states, the IMO or maritime stakeholders.
Readers should note the limited scope of the source material:
The Maritime Gazette is reporting the announcement as summarised by reports on 25 September 2026. The factual notes used for this item identify the publication, the headline of the piece and its date, and record the core claim that the Trump administration intends to prevent the IMO from adopting a global emissions-pricing mechanism.