Preface | p. ix |
Executive Summary | p. xv |
Acknowledgments | p. xxi |
Introduction: How Climate and Competitiveness Fit Together | p. 1 |
Background | p. 3 |
Identifying Vulnerable Industries | p. 5 |
A Broader View of Competitiveness? | p. 10 |
Options for US Policy Design | p. 12 |
Cost Containment Mechanisms | p. 15 |
Price Caps | p. 16 |
Borrowing and Banking Allowances | p. 18 |
Free Allocation of Allowances | p. 20 |
Tax Credits | p. 22 |
Offsets | p. 23 |
Exemptions | p. 24 |
Containing Noncarbon Costs | p. 25 |
Trade Measures | p. 29 |
Designing a Trade Measure | p. 30 |
Scenarios for Implementation | p. 38 |
Effects on US Producers | p. 42 |
Implications for International Engagement | p. 55 |
Coordinated International Action | p. 59 |
Prospects for International Engagement: The Case of China | p. 62 |
Models for Cooperation on Industrial Emissions | p. 64 |
Need for US Leadership | p. 71 |
Scope for International Agreement | p. 71 |
Conclusion | p. 73 |
Cost Containment Mechanisms | p. 74 |
Trade Measures | p. 75 |
Coordinated International Action | p. 77 |
Looking Forward | p. 78 |
References | p. 79 |
Glossary | p. 83 |
About the Authors | p. 87 |
Index | p. 89 |
Tables | |
Manufacturing-sector energy demand by industry, 2002 | p. 7 |
US carbon-intensive industries and key products, 2005 | p. 11 |
Cost containment mechanisms | p. 17 |
Natural gas and electricity dependence in US industry (share of total energy demand), 2002 | p. 19 |
US imports by origin, 2005 | p. 44 |
US role in global production, trade, and carbon emissions, 2005 | p. 61 |
Figures | |
Manufacturing's declining role in the United States, 1948-2005 | p. 3 |
US trade deficit and China's share, 1976-2006 | p. 4 |
US industry exposure to climate costs based on energy intensity and imports as a share of consumption | p. 9 |
Manufacturing share of total CO[subscript 2] emissions, 2005 | p. 25 |
Net imports as share of US demand, 2005 | p. 43 |
Share of US imports from Annex I countries, 2005 | p. 45 |
Share of US imports from non-Annex I countries, 1986-2006 | p. 46 |
Carbon intensity of steel, 2005 | p. 47 |
Energy and carbon intensity index for chemicals, 2005 | p. 49 |
Pulp used in paper production, 2005 | p. 50 |
Cement kiln type and fuel source, 2005 | p. 51 |
Demand growth by country grouping, 1991-2005 | p. 53 |
Chinese production and exports as shares of global supply, 2005 | p. 54 |
Chinese exports as share of domestic production, 2005 | p. 54 |
Annual CO[subscript 2] emissions, historic and projected, 1974-2029 | p. 65 |
Per capita CO[subscript 2] emissions, current and projected | p. 66 |
Boxes | |
Carbon tax versus cap and trade | p. 6 |
Measuring carbon at the border | p. 33 |
Defining "comparable" | p. 39 |
US antidumping law: A questionable precedent | p. 41 |
Porous borders | p. 56 |
The sanctions track record | p. 57 |
Lessons from WTO accession | p. 67 |
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