Addressing Trade Protectionism with Climate Ambition

The briefing proposes using border carbon adjustments (BCAs) to levy carbon charges on imports, thereby creating a level emissions playing field between domestic and external manufacturers and incentivizing trade partners to adopt low-carbon products.

• The authors propose using border carbon adjustments (BCAs) to ensure domestic and external manufacturers face the same economic burden regarding emissions, which would discourage the relocation of manufacturing to regions with weaker regulations and encourage trade partners to produce low-carbon goods to avoid penalties.
• The authors contend that countries should prioritize carbon charges over trade tariffs to support the Paris Agreement and transform existing trade tensions into a means of increasing climate ambition.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2018). Addressing Trade Protectionism with Climate Ambition. https://www.sei.org/publications/addressing-trade-protectionism-climate-ambition

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Addressing Trade Protectionism with Climate Ambition. 2018. https://www.sei.org/publications/addressing-trade-protectionism-climate-ambition.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2018addressing, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Addressing Trade Protectionism with Climate Ambition}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2018}, month = jul, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/addressing-trade-protectionism-climate-ambition}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }