View an interagency report that addresses the impacts ofthe Waxman-Markey bill (H.R. 2454) on the international competitiveness of and emission leakage from U.S. manufacturing. The report pays particular attention to provisions in H.R.2454 that seek to address these impacts by allocating allowances to trade-vulnerable industries.

• The Effects of H.R. 2454 on International Competitiveness and Emission Leakage in Energy-Intensive Trade-Exposed Industries: An Interagency Report Responding to a Request from Senators Bayh, Specter, Stabenow, McCaskill, and Brown (PDF)(74 pp, 1 MB, February 2010)