Tariffs complicate LA's post-fire recovery

Emerging from the devastation caused by the January wildfires, people in Los Angeles are determined to rebuild a more resilient city.

That mission brought together policy leaders, climate experts and community advocates at the second annual Los Angeles Climate Week (April 6-13), to address the challenges of post-fire recovery amid a shifting global economic landscape.

Those gathered warned that the path to reconstruction is being complicated by the ongoing trade war, with US tariffs imposed on key construction and clean energy materials, many of which are imported from major trading partners such as China and Canada.