The Trump administration has promised to stop the spiraling down of the U.S. coal industry that has been going on for … several years. We discuss the origins of the decline of the U.S. coal industry and new policy interventions by the Trump … administration. We find that a further decrease of coal consumption in the U.S. electricity sector must be expected because of the …

China is the world’s largest producer and consumer of coal, and an increasingly important participant on the … international coal market. Paradoxically, while China is now a major coal exporter, it is also a coal importer. As China commits … itself to further economic reform and increased involvement in the global economy, its coal industry faces major challenges …