Viewpoint: Trade war trumps green issues at Port of Kalama, Washington
There is little wonder that the Trump administration would decline the port’s request for federal funding. In the midst of a trade war with China, Washington is highly unlikely to provide funding that would support a Chinese firm competing with US methanol producers
Kalama sought $11.5m under the US government’s Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development programme, to help pay for docks and roads needed for a proposed $2bn methanol plant