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- Title
Carbon and health implications of trade restrictions.
- Authors
Lin, Jintai; Du, Mingxi; Chen, Lulu; Feng, Kuishuang; Liu, Yu; V. Martin, Randall; Wang, Jingxu; Ni, Ruijing; Zhao, Yu; Kong, Hao; Weng, Hongjian; Liu, Mengyao; van Donkelaar, Aaron; Liu, Qiuyu; Hubacek, Klaus
- Abstract
In a globalized economy, production of goods can be disrupted by trade disputes. Yet the resulting impacts on carbon dioxide emissions and ambient particulate matter (PM2.5) related premature mortality are unclear. Here we show that in contrast to a free trade world, with the emission intensity in each sector unchanged, an extremely anti-trade scenario with current tariffs plus an additional 25% tariff on each traded product would reduce the global export volume by 32.5%, gross domestic product by 9.0%, carbon dioxide by 6.3%, and PM2.5-related mortality by 4.1%. The respective impacts would be substantial for the United States, Western Europe and China. A freer trade scenario would increase global carbon dioxide emission and air pollution due to higher levels of production, especially in developing regions with relatively high emission intensities. Global collaborative actions to reduce emission intensities in developing regions could help achieve an economic-environmental win-win state through globalization. Carbon dioxide emissions and air pollution are often assessed on a national or regional level, but little is known about the role of trade structures. Here, a combination of models shows that trade restrictions can lead to massive reduction of gross domestic product in most countries, but also to a reduction of emissions and pollution.
- Subjects
CARBON dioxide mitigation; TRADE regulation; INTERNATIONAL trade disputes; ECONOMIC globalization; COMMERCIAL products
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2019, Vol 10, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-019-12890-3