Leveling or mining the playing field? Implementation problems of carbon-motivated border adjustment taxes (English)

Climate change policies and trade policy are on a collision course. Border tax adjustments are at the center of the debate and are being considered in many Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, notably the United States and the European Union (EU). They will tax carbon emissions at the border with the aim of leveling the playing field between countries with different carbon emission limits. Border tax adjustments...

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Jensen,Michael Friis;
Document Date
2009/12/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
52821
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Leveling or mining the playing field? Implementation problems of carbon-motivated border adjustment taxes
Keywords
Poverty Reduction & Economic Management

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Jensen,Michael Friis.

Leveling or mining the playing field? Implementation problems of carbon-motivated border adjustment taxes (English). PREM Notes ; no. 146. Trade Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/143011468147841183

Leveling or mining the playing field? Implementation problems of carbon-motivated border adjustment taxes (English)

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