Climate Change, Trade, and Competitiveness: Is a Collision Inevitable?

Brookings Trade Forum provides comprehensive analysis on current and emerging issues of international trade and macroeconomics. Practitioners and academics contribute toeach 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 TradeWilliam Antholis (Brookings)? International Trade Law and the Economics of Climate Policy: Evaluating the Legality and Effectiveness of Proposals to Address Competitiveness and Leakage ConcernsJason E. Bordoff (Brookings)? Technology Transfers and Climate Change: International Flows, Barriers, and FrameworksThomas L. Brewer (Georgetown University)?Addressing the Leakage / Competitiveness Issue in Climate Change Policy ProposalsJeffrey A. Frankel (Harvard University)? The Economic and Environmental Effects of Border Tax Adjustments for Climate PolicyWarwick J. Mckibbin and Peter J.Wilcoxen (Brookings)? The Climate Commons and a Global Environment Organization (GEO)C. Ford Runge (University of Minnesota)

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.