Showing posts with label Carbon Tariffs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carbon Tariffs. Show all posts
Monday, November 12, 2012

"Green Airline War" Ends (For Now) with a Whimper, Not a Bang

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Even though the domestic and international backlash has been significant, today's news that the EU has suspended its airline carbon em...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Europe's "Green Airline War" Provides a Glimpse Into a WTO-less World

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The EU's implementation of new regulations imposing a tax on airlines based on their carbon emissions has resulted in a firestorm of lit...
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Monday, August 29, 2011

Guitars, Catfish and the Rise of Regulatory Protectionism in America

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Ever since the advent of the WTO, and the GATT before it, governments' ability to use tariffs, quotas and other straightforward forms of...
Monday, June 27, 2011

Green Disputes on the WTO's Horizon

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Over the last year or so , I've frequently expressed concern about the potential for increasing trade frictions over green protectioni...
Saturday, April 16, 2011

Weekend Quick Hits

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Apologies for the light blogging this week - it's been a brutally long one for your humble correspondent.  But here's a treasure-tro...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Monday Quick Hits

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The eastern seaboard is clearly under attack from global cooling.  Here are some interesting links to get you through these dark and cold ...
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Monday, March 21, 2011

China and the WTO: A Marriage Doomed to Fail?

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Last week the World Trade Organization, in particular China's membership in the global trade body, came under scrutiny from the anti-tra...
Monday, August 2, 2010

New OECD Report on Carbon Tariffs Helpfully Beats a Dead Horse

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As we gleefully cautiously discussed last week, Senate leadership has dropped any and all discussion of carbon tariffs in their latest atte...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Victory (Sorta): New Senate Energy Bill Ditches Carbon Tariffs

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) released today the scaled-down version of the Democrats cap-and-trade energy green jobs  "oil...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Wednesday Quick Hits

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I'm still digging out of cardboard boxes, so here are some headlines/links to keep you occupied until I'm fully functional again: I...
Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Center for American Progress, France Blindly Push for Carbon Tariffs

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The left-leaning Center for American Progress has issued a new paper calling for the implementation of a US-EU system of carbon tariffs.  ...
Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Senate Sponsors of New Climate Change Legislation Try - and Hilariously Fail - to Cover Carbon Tariffs' "Competitiveness" Tracks (UPDATED)

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Tomorrow, Senators John Kerry (D-MA) , Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) will unveil their long-awaited legislation to complet...
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Monday, May 10, 2010

Monday Quick Hits

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A few noteworthy things on this busy Monday: Apparently, the United States' position in the TPP negotiations is lactose intolerant.   I...