Trade and Environment

She thinks they are likely to be unfair: ... if the United States decides to apply a carbon tariff, then it must decide how much carbon it gets to produce compared with other countries. The Boxer-Lieberman-Warner bill, for example, determines whether another country's environmental regulation is comparable to the

USTR Ron Kirk talks about trade and climate change: I would like to emphasize the Administration's view that global climate change is a priority and that our response includes asserting U.S. leadership to establish a domestic cap-and-trade system and put us on a trajectory to gradually reduce

Via Ben Muse, I see this Reuters summary of the trade aspects of the U.S. House draft carbon legislation: INDUSTRY REBATES/TRADE Authorizes U.S. companies in industries that use a lot of energy to receive "rebates" to compensate for additional costs of cap and trade. If

The EPA is proposing regulations to control emissions from large ships: The United States took a critical step towards protecting Americans from harmful ship emissions by becoming the first country to ask the International Maritime Organization to create an emissions control area (ECA) around the nation’s coastline, the EPA

In Forbes.  First, there's this: Those who assume that WTO rulings will be "anti-environment" have evidently not read previous rulings, or not realized their positive implications for global environmental protection. I think that's right.  It is no longer a GATT Tuna/Dolphin world (and

From their recent joint press conference: Question:  President Lula said that during their meeting they talked about energy, President Obama talked about a possible partnership for energy within the hemisphere. The question I have is can't this partnership get off-balance? Because there's a lot of interest

Not all trade and the environment conflicts result in protests outside the WTO.  The Economist reports on one success story: UNTIL recently, the glaze on most Mexican pottery contained lead. ... . [As a result,] products were banned from the American market, where their hand-painted beauty could fetch much higher prices than

From the conclusions of a paper entitled "Environmental Effects of International Trade" by Jeffrey Frankel of the Kennedy School: Concluding recommendations regarding trade penalties in climate legislation The central message of this section of the report is that border measures to address leakage need not necessarily violate the

As a result of my post the other day on the carbon tax proposal by Congressman Inglis and Arthur Laffer, I received a call from Congressman Inglis' office, inviting the media, which to my surprise apparently includes me, to join a conference call hosted by Inglis and Laffer, where

Somewhat related to yesterday's post on using consumption taxes to fight carbon emissions, Congressman Bob Inglis and economist Arthur Laffer argue in the NY Times for a carbon tax that is offset by income tax cuts.  In doing so, they say: The United States can’t solve climate