GATT, Implications on Environmental Laws: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, September 27, 1991U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - 101 pages |
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Page 81 - No prohibitions or restrictions other than duties, taxes or other charges, whether made effective through quotas, import or export licenses or other measures, shall be instituted or maintained by any contracting party on the importation of any product of the territory of any other contracting party...
Page 94 - Agreement on Interpretation and Application of Articles VI, XVI, and XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade...
Page 78 - Environmental protection is integral to issues such as trade, development, energy, transport, agriculture and economic planning. Therefore, environmental considerations must be taken into account in economic decision-making. In fact good economic policies and good environmental policies are mutually reinforcing.
Page 51 - Oren served as assistant counsel to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Page 20 - States were accepted, each contracting party could unilaterally determine the life or health protection policies from which other contracting parties could not deviate without jeopardizing their rights under the General Agreement.
Page 87 - ... to international norms. While the development of international consensus around environmental standards may be a desirable objective, there are several reasons to suspect that the intent of harmonization proposals is to undermine progressive environmental standards, while removing standard-setting processes to institutions that are less accountable to the community and more amenable to corporate influence and control. To begin with, harmonization proposals are being promoted...
Page 92 - The Parties agree to allow existing or future incentives for oil and gas exploration, development and related activities in order to maintain the reserve base for these energy sources.
Page 92 - GATT rules to use export taxes as a mechanism for resource management and conservation, is abolished by the agreement. For example, compare with Article XX of GATT, Bill C-130, that implemented the Agreement in Canada, abolishes a central tenet of Canadian energy policy and compels the National Energy Board (NEB) to issue an export licence even in the face of Canadian shortages. While the NEB may attach terms and conditions to its approval in order to mitigate environmental impacts - it cannot refuse...
Page 86 - There has to be a balancing of interests between the free movement of goods and environmental protection, even if in achieving the balance the high standard of the protection sought has to be reduced.
Page 78 - Poverty is a major cause and effect of global environmental problems. It is therefore futile to attempt to deal with environmental problems without a broader perspective that encompasses the factors underlying world poverty and international inequality.