China's Solution to the Conflict Between Climate Measures and WTO Rules Under the Trend of Reverse Globalization

There is a close relationship between climate change and human trade activities. Some measures adopted by WTO members to cope with climate change conflict with some WTO measures, which to some extent hinders the global climate governance process. Reverse globalization events such as the Brexit of the UK and the withdrawal of the U.S from the Paris Agreement have undoubtedly made the fight against climate change worse. In addressing climate change, China is guided by the vision of a community with a Shared future for mankind, and has shown its responsibility as a major country. This article, by clarifying the legal issues of climate change measures, analyzing the mechanism of carbon and carbon tariffs and other main measures on climate change and the WTO rules of conflict and resolve, and makeing clear the evolution of the United States and the European Union climate policy, finally discusses the impact of inverse globalization trend and focuses on how China should deal with climate change measures that conflict with the WTO rules, as well as how China should chose the path of climate governance.