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Give Climate and Trade Negotiators a New Joint Mission: Low-Carbon Trade Agreements

Article in leading European economic research outlet proposing a new type of plurilateral trade agreement or green trade alliance among a core group of major economies interested in aligning relevant enabling economic policies and standards for the purpose of accelerating adoption of low-carbon products and services across the world economy.

Outlet: VoxEU

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Original article is here.

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The world’s climate change strategy and the global trading system are both in need of an infusion of fresh momentum. This column argues that the climate and trade diplomatic communities need each other more than they know, and it is time to bring them together. The best way to reinvigorate both climate and trade diplomacy is to think and act outside the box of the Paris Agreement and conventional free trade agreements and push for low-carbon trade agreements.