Publication

Jun 2008

This paper considers proposals for border tax adjustments (BTAs) to balance financial commitments to reducing carbon emissions. A reduction on border taxing is seen as one way of alleviating the additional burden faced by logistic companies due to tax increases in other areas. The paper also argues that the impact of border tax adjustments should be viewed as independent of the motivation behind the adjustments.

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Author Ben Lockwood, John Whalley
Series CIGI Policy Briefs
Issue 4
Publisher Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Copyright © 2008 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
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