Brookings Trade Forumprovides comprehensive analysis on current and emerging issues of international trade and macroeconomics. Practitioners and academics contribute to each volume, with papers that provide an in-depth look at a particular topic. The 2008/2009 edition focuses on climate policy and its impact on trade.
Contents include ? Five Gs : Lessons for Governing Global Climate from World Trade William Antholis (Brookings) ? International Trade Law and the Economics of Climate Policy: Evaluating the Legality and Effectiveness of Proposals to Address Competitiveness and Leakage Concerns Jason E. Bordoff (Brookings) ? Technology Transfers and Climate Change: International Flows, Barriers, and Frameworks Thomas L. Brewer (Georgetown University) ?Addressing the Leakage / Competitiveness Issue in Climate Change Policy Proposals Jeffrey A. Frankel (Harvard University) ? The Economic and Environmental Effects of Border Tax Adjustments for Climate Policy Warwick J. Mckibbin and Peter J.Wilcoxen (Brookings) ? The Climate Commons and a Global Environment Organization (GEO) C. Ford Runge (University of Minnesota)
Lael Brainardis vice president and director of the Global Economy and Development (Global) program at the Brookings Institution.
Isaac Sorkinis a research assistant with Brookings Global.