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The Problems of China’s Processing Trade Under Low―Carbon Economy and Relative Countermeasures [a] School of Economics and Law， Hubei University of Technology， Wuhan， China. * Corresponding author. Received 7 September 2012； accepted 28 November 2012 Abstract Since various countries actively develop low-carbon economy， these countries will set low-carbon standards on the import products on the way to be low-carbon. From the low-carbon perspective， China’s processing trade still has many problems. This paper will systematically explore and analyze the problems of China’s processing trade under low-carbon economy and the response of China and put forward relative suggestions. Key words： Low-Carbon economy； Processing trade； Low-Carbon barriers YOU Yi， SUN Xiangcong （2012）. The Problems of China’s Processing Trade Under Low-Carbon Economy and Relative Countermeasures. International Business and Management， 5（2）， -0. Available from： http：///index.php/ibm/article/view/j.ibm.1座机电话号码0120502.Z1056 DOI： http：///10.3968/j.ibm.1座机电话号码0120502.Z1056 INTRODUCTION How to establish strategies for economy to develop along with natural environment has been paid attention to by governments， organizations and enterprises around the world. Low-carbon economy is one of the focuses. The World Bank figured out in World Development Report 2010 that the interaction between two systems of the international trade and climate change has special significance for developing countries. Therefore the research on how low-carbon economy influences China’s processing trade not only has great importance. 1. THE PRESENT SITUATION OF CHINA’S PROCESSING TRADE 1.1 Product Mix The main products of China’s processing trade have been labor-intensive products such as garments， textiles， footwear and toys for years. At present， although China’s processing trade product structure is in the continuous optimization， it remains relatively backward. Middle and low-end goods are the main export products while at the