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Rio Park @rgpark.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

I argue that an increase in imports weakened the 'dirty' industries in the US insofar as it opened up room for more environmental support among the US legislators. This is in line with classical econ theories that predict a decline in industries with comp. disadvantage. (2/n)

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Rio Park @rgpark.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

On the other hand, I find some evidence for disguised protectionism, but conditional on low GVC integration: Although env bills with trade effects are more likely to gain a pro-env vote with increased imports (which could be explained by an increased in demands for disguised protectionism) (3/n)

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Rio Park @rgpark.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

this pro-env effect decreases as the average level of GVC integration increases. In other words, disguised protectionism works in very nuanced ways. More importantly, trade is not necessarily the enemy of environment. (4/n)

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