http://climateprogress.org/2007/10/05/china-and-the-question-of-action/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:26:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 http://climateprogress.org/2007/10/05/china-and-the-question-of-action/#comment-6008 Earl Killian Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:04:07 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/10/05/china-and-the-question-of-action/#comment-6008 The U.S. does not need to wait for China. Once the U.S. adopts a policy on greenhouse gas reduction, it can turn around and use its market power to effect changes in China. We need to tax imports from countries that are not part of an international greenhouse gas control system in such a way that their imports do not benefit from not participating. Once that is done, China will have strong incentives to come on board. The U.S. does not need to wait for China. Once the U.S. adopts a policy on greenhouse gas reduction, it can turn around and use its market power to effect changes in China. We need to tax imports from countries that are not part of an international greenhouse gas control system in such a way that their imports do not benefit from not participating. Once that is done, China will have strong incentives to come on board.

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