The U.S. industrial sector is not expected to lose significant market share to foreign competitors operating without carbon-capping regulation, according to the report, “The Competitiveness Impacts of Climate Change Mitigation Policies.”
The study, from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, predicts that by and large U.S. heavy industries will not move overseas if the U.S. enacts a cap and trade program for carbon emissions, as President Obama seeks.
