Jennifer Marohasy

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Carbon Tariffs, New Report by Tim Wilson

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Hi Jennifer

For your interest, today the IPA released a short research paper on carbon tariffs at the WTO Ministerial in Geneva. The short and sharp of the report is that carbon tariffs are　a costly, ineffective policy instrument to offset domestically imposed carbon price signals, are likely in violation of WTO obligations and would likely sit around 10 per cent for US carbon-intensive products.

http://sustainabledev.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Carbontariffs.pdf 

Tim Wilson
Director, Climate and Trade Unit
Institute of Public Affairs