Climate change, trade, and competitiveness: is a collision inevitable? : Brookings Trade Forum 2008/2009

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)