The Environmental Impact of Sino-EU Trade: A Case Study of CO2 Emissions
The globalization of trade in goods and services has numerous environmental implications. Trade results from a geographic separation of consumers and the production of consumer goods. This creates a mechanism for consumers to shift environmental pollution associated with their consumption to other countries. China is now the world third biggest country in terms of trade in commodities and is currently the second trade partner of the EU. China has overtaken the US as the world biggest CO2 emitter since 2005 (MNP, 2007). As Chinas biggest trade partner, the EU has a large trade deficit with China which has aroused a lot of disputes between the two parties. But so far the assessments of the trade imbalance of EU-China have paid little attention to environmental impacts associated with the trade imbalance. This paper argues that the CO2 emission embodiedin China-EU trade is even more unbalanced than trade itself. The EU avoided a huge amount of CO2 emissions through trading with China. While.this lowers CO2 emissions in Europe and facilitates Europes meeting its CO2 emission reduction targets it creates additional burdens for China and for the fight against global warming. In this paper, the dual imbalances between China and the EU, its mechanism, and policy implications will be presented.
China EU trade environment CO2 emissions
Yang Laike Liao Chun Cornie Huizenga
国际会议
竞争与伙伴关系：中国与欧盟经济贸易关系热点问题国际学术研讨会
北京
英文
247-267
2008-04-12（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）