Trading with the Environment: Ecology, economics, institutions and policyRoutledge, 2013 M11 26 - 160 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? Trading the Environment examines both the dependence and the effects of international trade on the earth's life support systems and looks at ways in which trading regulations could be adapted to promote ecologically sustainable economic development. It addresses the issues from a fully integrated approach, focusing on the interrelations between ecosystems, economic development and trade. The authors provide a carefully constructed ecological and economic analysis of trade and the environment, examine the existing legal and institutional frameworks and set out 16 recommendations to achieve environment beneficial trade at both national and international levels. Trading with the environment was originally commissioned by the Swedish government and is already regarded thereon essential reference. It makes an excellent introduction as well as constructive analysis, both for students and for policy-makers and professional economics and other scientists working on the issues. Published in 1995 |
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... changes to current regulations that would promote such a course. We do not claim to cover the whole picture in our analysis of this wide-ranging and complex area. Our hope is that this book will promote interest in crucial issues that ...
... changes of trade rules. This implies that for the first time in history environmental issues have been given equal weight to other issues dealt with within the GATT/WTO; they have received an institutional platform. 4 1:Trade measures ...
... changes in nature's ability to sustain our society, then the choices available to our generation as well as future ... Change' In Clark, WC and Munn, RE (eds.) Sustainable Development of the Biosphere Cambridge University Press ...
... changes in the ecosystem as a result of production and consumption should be avoided. Such changes can cause a reduction in the ability of society and its environment to absorb and buffer disturbances, and the ability to recover after ...
... change. Sweden has started the move towards an ecocyclic society by reducing and in many cases stopping altogether the use of poisons and hazardous chemicals.27 The next logical step would be actively to connect our production and ...
Contents
Economic Perspectives on Trade and the Environment | |
Trade Regulations the Institutional Framework and Current | |
The New Playing Field Towards Sustainable Development | |
International environmental agreements with trade provisions | |
Excerpts from the GATT | |
Trade and Environment in the GATT | |