Regional trade agreement burdens global carbon emissions mitigation

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 408 - 12
• Main Authors: Tian, Kailan, Zhang, Yu, Li, Yuze, Ming, Xi, Jiang, Shangrong, Duan, Hongbo, Yang, Cuihong, Wang, Shouyang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 20.01.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/172/4081; 704/844/843; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide emissions; Climate policy; Economic development; Economic impact; Economics; Emissions; Emissions trading; Environmental effects; Environmental policy; Fuel combustion; Growth rate; Humanities and Social Sciences; International trade; multidisciplinary; Partnerships; Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership; Regional development; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Tariffs; Trade agreements; Trade liberalization

Regional trade agreements (RTAs) have been widely adopted to facilitate international trade and cross-border investment and promote economic development. However, ex ante measurements of the environmental effects of RTAs to date have not been well conducted. Here, we estimate the CO 2 emissions burd...