Climate Change, Trade, and Competitiveness: Is a Collision Inevitable?: Brookings Trade Forum 2008/2009

by Lael Brainard, Isaac Sorkin

Overview

"Brookings Trade Forum provides comprehensive analysis on current and emerging issues of international trade and macroeconomics. Practitioners and academics contribute to each volume, with papers that provide an in-depth look at a particular topic. The 2008/2009 edition focuses on climate policy and its impact on trade.

Contents include • Five "Gs": Lessons for Governing Global Climate from World Trade William Antholis (Brookings) • International Trade Law and the Economics of Climate Policy: Evaluating the Legality and Effectiveness of Proposals to Address Competitiveness and Leakage Concerns Jason E. Bordoff (Brookings) • Technology Transfers and Climate Change: International Flows, Barriers, and Frameworks Thomas L. Brewer (Georgetown University) •Addressing the Leakage / Competitiveness Issue in Climate Change Policy Proposals Jeffrey A. Frankel (Harvard University) • The Economic and Environmental Effects of Border Tax Adjustments for Climate Policy Warwick J. Mckibbin and Peter J.Wilcoxen (Brookings) • The Climate Commons and a Global Environment Organization (GEO) C. Ford Runge (University of Minnesota)

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815702986
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/27/2009
Series:	Brookings Trade Forum
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

"Lael Brainard is vice president and director of the Global Economy and Development (Global) program at the Brookings Institution. Isaac Sorkin is a research assistant with Brookings Global."

Table of Contents

Five "Gs": Lessons for Governing Global Climate from World Trade William Antholis

International Trade Law and the Economics of Climate Policy: Evaluating the Legality and Effectiveness of Proposals to Address Competitiveness and Leakage Concerns Jason E. Bordoff

Technology Transfers and Climate Change: International Flows, Barriers, and Frameworks Thomas L. Brewer

Addressing the Leakage / Competitiveness Issue in Climate Change Policy Proposals Jeffrey A. Frankel

The Economic and Environmental Effects of Border Tax Adjustments for Climate Policy Warwick J. Mckibbin Peter J. Wilcoxen

The Climate Commons and a Global Environment Organization (GEO) C. Ford Runge