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Border taxes on carbon are inefficient and costly, says OECD Secretary-General

12-Nov-2009

Based on fears that the competitiveness of their domestic industries will be undermined by weak greenhouse gas emission reduction pledges from developing country trading partners, developed countries are calling for border taxes on carbon. But these fears are often exaggerated, and posturing over border taxes diverts attention away from the fundamental need for broad participation in a climate agreement, according to an article by the OECD Secretary-General published in the Financial Times on 4 November 2009: "Carbon has no place in global trade rules".

Business perceptions of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) facing trade in selected environmental goods and associated services Part I: Survey results

28-Apr-2008

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper 2007-02 Part I&II. This report documents the incidence, and impact of, non-tariff measures that are perceived to act as barriers to trade in seven sectors of environmental goods and associated services.




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