Australia voted to support the massive shipping tax
In what insiders are calling the biggest U.S. pushback against the United Nations since the Cold War, President Trump’s team has successfully stopped the U.N.’s global carbon tax — a sweeping “Net Zero” scheme that critics slammed as “taxation without representation.”
The tax, crafted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a U.N. body based in London, would have charged shipowners up to $380 per metric ton of carbon emissions, creating an estimated $10–12 billion annual fund controlled by U.N. bureaucrats. The measure was set to pass this week — until Trump intervened.
John Konrad, CEO of gCaptain and a U.S. Merchant Marine ship captain, revealed the behind-the-scenes chaos in a viral post on X:
“I can’t share the details on how Mike Waltz, 32nd U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., & Secretary Marco Rubio have, in just a few days, organized the greatest opposition to U.N. policy since the Cold War and blocked this U.N. Carbon Tax.”
London yet again
Konrad described the fight as nothing short of a diplomatic street brawl:
“It was a knife fight to the end. I’ve been in this industry for 30 years and I’ve never seen anything like it. You just don’t say NO to these guys. It’s unheard of.”
According to multiple industry insiders, the opposition came together almost overnight — fueled by Trump’s Truth Social post, which reportedly sent “shockwaves through the building” at U.N. headquarters in London.
“NOBODY expected it,” one U.N. delegate admitted. “The Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez looked like a deer in the headlights this morning.”
Analysts say the move was a direct blow to European globalist elites who had hoped to use the carbon tax as a slush fund for climate NGOs and “just transition” projects in developing nations.
“Absolutely none of the maritime experts I interviewed thought the U.S. could pull this off,” Konrad said. “Zero. Massive amounts of money, NGO influence, diplomatic threat, and media manipulation were behind this — and the American media, except gCaptain and Fox News, was dead silent.”
The U.N. tax was widely seen as an attempt to bypass national legislatures, forcing nations to pay into a “Net Zero Fund” controlled by U.N. staff — sparking outrage from shipping executives, U.S. policymakers, and industry veterans who called it “global taxation without representation.”
Now, with the plan in ruins, one thing is clear: the Trump administration just dealt a crushing defeat to the climate bureaucracy that’s been quietly tightening its grip on global trade.
Promises made. Promises kept.
It comes as no surprise that Australia supported this devastating global tax which would have placed the cost of international shipping out of reach, especially when Australia imports most of its goods.
Australia was among the countries that voted in favor of a draft scheme for a global carbon tax on international shipping, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. The tax is intended to start in 2028 and is designed to either encourage ships to use lower-emission fuels or pay a fee. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that the government supported the scheme, even as it faced opposition from other countries.
The City of London has been dealt a mortal blow, just another in the ongoing war against Deep State.
