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United States Trade Representative, Katherine C. Tai, answers questions about President Biden’s 2021 trade policy agenda, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, May 12, 2021.
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Trade and Investment Policy Watch

How US trade policy can support climate change goals

Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE)
May 20, 2021
An aerial view of a tract of Amazon jungle after it was cleared by farmers in Itaituba, Para, Brazil September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
Policy Brief

The Amazon Is a Carbon Bomb: How Can Brazil and the World Work Together to Avoid Setting It Off?

Monica de Bolle (PIIE)
October 2019
A flexible solar panel is seen at Eni’s Renewable Energy and Environmental Research & Development Center in Novara, Italy, September 26, 2019. Picture taken September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

A Credible Decarbonization Agenda Can Help Strengthen Europe's Economy

Jean Pisani-Ferry (PIIE)
December 9, 2019
The Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery owned by The Carlyle Group is seen at sunset in front of the Philadelphia skyline March 24, 2014.
REUTERS/David M. Parrott/File Photo
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

A Carbon Tax for the United States?

Monica de Bolle (PIIE)
September 30, 2019
A specialized agent of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, or Ibama, patrols in the national parks near Novo Progresso, southeast of Para state, Brazil, November 4, 2018.
REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Let's Look at the Evidence on Tipping Points in the Amazon Rainforest

Monica de Bolle (PIIE)
October 31, 2019
A protester holds a banner during a demonstration at the Bank of England in the City of London, Britain October 14, 2019.
REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Working Paper

Should Monetary Policy Take Inequality and Climate Change into Account?

Patrick Honohan (PIIE)
October 2019

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Mary C. Daly (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)

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Nicolas Véron (PIIE), Jörg Kukies (State Secretary, German Federal Finance Ministry) and John Morton (Climate Counselor, US Treasury Department)

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Gary Clyde Hufbauer (PIIE)
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Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE)

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Anabel González (PIIE), James Bacchus (Center for Global Economic and Environmental Opportunity, University of Central Florida) and Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE)

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Economic Impact of Climate Change

Emma Howard Boyd (Environment Agency, United Kingdom), Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE), Kevin J. Stiroh (Federal Reserve Board) and Robert M. Tichio (Riverstone Holdings LLC)

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What trade and environment negotiations agenda for the WTO?

Anabel González (PIIE), James Bacchus (Center for Global Economic and Environmental Opportunity, University of Central Florida) and Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE)

March 17, 2021
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Memo to the Biden administration on how to reinvigorate US alliances

Marcus Noland (PIIE)

November 23, 2020
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

State Department has a crucial role in climate change and protecting the environment

Cullen S. Hendrix (PIIE)

October 20, 2020
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The European Policy Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic

Jacob Funk Kirkegaard (PIIE)

July 13, 2020