Influences of Border Carbon Adjustments on China's Foreign Trade

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摘要 TheEU,theUnitedStatesandothereconomies,withtheintentiontoimplementunilateraltrademeasuresBorderCarbonAdjustments,imposeemissionreductionpressureondevelopingcountries.Onceimplemented,themeasureswillhavegreatimpactonChina'sforeigntrade.Usingtheinput-outputtablein2007,thispaperhadanalyzedtheinfluencesonChina'sforeigntradeasawholeandsub-sectorsinthreetaxratesscenarios.TheresultsshowedthatthetarifflevelofChina'sexportswillincreaseby3.6%-6.3%ifthetaxwasleviedonexportsembodiedemissions,andby1.0%-1.7%ifleviedonexportdirectemissions.In2007,theformertotalamountofcarbontaxwasaboutUS$42.6-73.0billion,4timesthatofthelatter.Basedonexportembodiedemissions,sectorslargelyinfluencedwerenon-traditionalenergyintensiveones,suchastextile,etal.Thesesectorsshouldbeencour-agedtocarryoutindustrialupgrading,raisingthevalue-addedofexportgoods,andreducingtheirembodiedemissionsbyreductionofenergyintensity.Takingintoaccountofthecomplexityofdatacollection,thetaxleviedonproductsdirectemissionismoreoperational.Theresultsshowedthatthefivetopsectorsmostaffectedwereotherchemicalmaterials,processingofpetroleumandnuclearfuel,coking,smeltingandrollingofferrousmetalandtextile.Mostofthemwereenergyintensivesectors.Therefore,adjustingexportproductsstructure,andcontrollingtoofastdevelopmentofenergyintensiveindustriesarealsoimportantstrategiesinChina.
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出版日期 2012年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)