ClimateIntel.com

The U.S. Department of Commerce is leading a Clean Energy Trade Mission to China and India, on January 8-17, 2008, to promote a broad range of clean energy technologies such as renewable energy, biofuels, energy efficiency, clean coal, and distributed generation. The Mission is taking place in the context of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, and reflects growing dialogue between the United States and China on urgent environmental issues.

Media reports from China on the Mission (also known as the Sino-U.S. Clean Energy Dialogue) focused on the significant opportunities for U.S. and Chinese businesses that could be gained through collaboration, as well as the political and policy barriers that expanded trade in clean energy technologies may face.

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Could global efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions set off a serious international trade dispute due to competitiveness concerns and unequal compliance costs?

In a commentary published today at Forbes.com, Akin Gump Senior Advisor Greg Mastel analyzes how global climate policies, including the proposed Lieberman-Warner bill, could affect free trade.