The relationship between global climate change and international trade affects not only the sustainable development of the earth's ecological environment, but also the development trend of the world economy. we analyze the published papers in WOS database by CiteSpace sofeware. The basic statistical results are: (1) there is no consensus on the relationship between climate change and international trade, (2) the United States, China and the United Kingdom are the main contributors. The research front mainly focuses on four aspects: (1) the flow direction of carbon leakage in international trade，(2) virtual water trade caused by climate change，(3) trade policy and uncertainty of sustainable development，(4) main problems hindering low carbon technology cooperation.