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FIRST ON FOX: A new House GOP bill would block the United Nations (UN) from forcing the U.S. to take up any new tax that was not explicitly levied by American taxpayers' own government.

It's expected to be introduced this week, as the world awaits a UN vote on a global tax on carbon emissions made via international maritime shipping.

Member states of the UN's relevant body, the International Maritime Organization, voted late last week to postpone consideration of the global tax by a year after fierce pushback by President Donald Trump.

Pfluger's bill would ensure that the U.S. would not be subject to that tax nor any other fiscal penalties ordered by the international organization, unless ratified by the Senate.

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