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Article: China : Escaping Carbon Caps by Outsourcing to China -- Not So Fast.
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- July 25, 2009
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Byline: shiv03
As carbon cap and trade draws nearer and nearer to the United States, will it be the final nail in the coffin to convince U.S.-based manufacturing to relocate to China or other developing country? We all know that most IT equipment is already made in China or elsewhere in Asia, but there are a few holdouts still in the U.S. Is relocation a viable strategy? The answer may not be as simple as it appears.
For starters, there is now intense pressure on China to hop aboard the climate regulation train. The Europeans have been pressuring the Chinese for some time now, and this week the EU placed some additional pressure on China to commit to a ...