| A Harsh Climate for Trade: How Climate Change Proposals Threaten Global Commerce
James,
Sallie
Cato Institute, Trade Policy Analysis no. 41, September 9, 2009, online edition, 20p
"The upcoming Copenhagen conference on climate change has led to calls for the United States to adopt a climate change abatement program in advance. In an effort to minimize adverse effects on certain domestic industries from higher energy costs, however, proponents of a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas emissions have loaded up their proposal with giveaways, loopholes, and barriers to imports from nations with less stringent emission caps. These trade measures are likely to be ineffective at best and harmful to U.S. interests at worst."
Sallie James is a trade policy analyst at the Cato Institute's Center for Trade Policy Studies.
Go to the report at:
http://www.freetrade.org/files/pubs/pas/tpa-041.pdf
B19/04-09 - Posted November 6, 2009
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