Trading with the Environment: Ecology, Economics, Institutions and PolicyEarthscan, 1995 - 140 pages Should there be firmer restrictions on trade, with more policies aimed at protecting its environmental impacts, or would the environment benefit most from unrestricted free trade? Do importing countries have a responsibility only to their local ecosystems, or are they also responsible for environmental degradation caused by the production of traded goods in exporting countries? |
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... further exploring this relationship . Environmental Policy Trade Policy Figure 1 Trade policies and environmental policies increasingly overlap one another Since the autumn of 1990 , trade and environmental policy 3 Introduction.
... further exploring this relationship . Environmental Policy Trade Policy Figure 1 Trade policies and environmental policies increasingly overlap one another Since the autumn of 1990 , trade and environmental policy 3 Introduction.
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... environment , it is often stated that environ- mental measures should be applied in order to solve environmental problems , and trade policy measures should be used to solve trade policy problems . The implicit assumption is that each ...
... environment , it is often stated that environ- mental measures should be applied in order to solve environmental problems , and trade policy measures should be used to solve trade policy problems . The implicit assumption is that each ...
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... environmental costs , which corresponds to indirectly subsi- dizing environmentally damaging activities . For example , this may happen when environmental rules or charges are avoided for trade policy reasons . The problem of indirect ...
... environmental costs , which corresponds to indirectly subsi- dizing environmentally damaging activities . For example , this may happen when environmental rules or charges are avoided for trade policy reasons . The problem of indirect ...
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Natures Life Support Systems as the Foundation | 4 |
Economy and ecosystems | 21 |
An ecologicaleconomic synthesis | 27 |
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