India, May 3 -- The United States has withdrawn its support for the proposed International Maritime Organisation (IMO) global carbon tax framework, as Washington led a coalition effort during the 84th session of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 84) to push alternative proposals.

According to a statement by the US Department of State on Friday, Department Spokesperson Tommy Pigott said that the US and its diplomats acted in line with US President Donald Trump's "America First" foreign policy by opposing the Net-Zero Framework (NZF), which it described as a "fundamentally flawed proposal" that would have imposed a global carbon tax on American consumers, shipping companies and the energy sector.

The statement said the...