As the Asia-Pacific region accelerates its electric vehicle (EV) adoption, it faces a mounting end-of-life battery challenge that holds both environmental risk and economic opportunity.
Author: Anela CBR
As global trade dynamics grow increasingly turbulent, tariffs—long criticized as blunt, protectionist tools—are being reexamined under a different lens. Rather than serving only as geopolitical levers or mechanisms for shielding domestic industry, tariffs may hold untapped potential to support systemic sustainability transitions.