Trade and Tradeoffs: Are U.S. Trade and Climate Policies At Odds?

Join the CSIS Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics on October 3, 10:00-11:00 am US ET, for a critical discussion on the intersection of the clean energy transition and geopolitics in the United States. Over the past four years, the Biden administration has sought to implement ambitious climate initiatives, reduce CleanTech dependencies from China, and increase domestic manufacturing. These goals have at times reinforced each other and at times been seemingly at odds. The outcome of the November U.S. elections could dramatically change how these goals are prioritized and whether new policies are adopted, such as carbon-based tariffs.

Senior Fellow Ilaria Mazzocco will host an expert panel, featuring John Helveston (George Washington University), Sagatom Saha (Columbia University) and Todd Tucker (Roosevelt Institute), to explore how tariffs and trade policy, national security measures, and supply chain resilience are reshaping U.S. climate policy. The panel will assess the potential impacts of these factors on the pace of the energy transition and discuss strategies the next administration could adopt to enhance policy effectiveness and accelerate industrial and climate objectives.

This event is made possible by generous support to CSIS.