; definitions (a) Purposes The purposes of this title are— (1) to ensure that the shift to a clean energy economy in the United States is not eroded by the transition to foreign countries of the manufacturing of goods in energy-intensive industrial sectors; (2) to ensure the competitiveness of United States manufacturing and industry; (3) to make trade a tool for the mitigation of emissions, rather than the source of a substantial increase, as determined by the National Climate Change Council, in greenhouse gas emissions by industrial entities located in foreign countries caused by an increased cost of production in the United States resulting from the implementation of this Act; (4) to provide an incentive for high-emissions foreign countries to strengthen the climate regulations and address the greenhouse gas emissions of those countries