The counterplan solves faster than the affirmative by not being subject to administrative hurdles.
Noah Kaufman et al 20, an economist who has worked under President Biden as a Senior Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers. He received his BS in economics from Duke University, and his PhD and MS in economics from the University of Texas at Austin. John Larsen is a director at Rhodium Group and leads the firm’s US power sector and energy systems research. Ben King is a research analyst at Rhodium Group, focusing on US energy policy and markets. Peter Marsters is a former Research Associate at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA, "Output-Based Rebates: An Alternative to Border Carbon Adjustments for Preserving US Competitiveness," 12/03/2020, https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/publications/output-based-rebates-an-alternative-to-border-carbon-adjustments-for-preserving-us-competitiveness/
A border carbon adjustment is an appealing concept: simply apply the same carbon tax to foreign firms that is applied to domestic firms. The key advantage of OBRs is avoiding the most significant administrative hurdles of BCAs, including the complexities of determining the carbon content of foreign goods and providing foreign firms credit for climate regulations in their home countries.