President-elect Trump’s distaste for trade deficits surely does not extend to worrying about the US’s large-scale import of carbon emissions through trade flows. The global imbalance between importers and exporters of CO2 emissions is likely to shrink over time as China – the major exporter – shifts away from coal. But the extension of carbon pricing to foreign trade in the EU could help to accelerate the shift.
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