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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... measures against countries which were considered to behave in an ... environmental problem. This belief has led to a desire to impose far ... environmental standards. Often, however, a tendency towards protectionism is the real reason ...
... measures to protect the environment. Trade experts are primarily concerned that the liberalization which has occurred during the last 40 years, largely as a result of the GATT agreements, will be undermined by environmental measures ...
... measures against large point source emissions only have an effect on the domestic manufacturing processes. Consequently, environmental policy measures enacted today have a more direct effect on trade with other countries. Measures ...
... 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 in international environmental agreements. 2: Transparency. 3: Figure 1 ...
... measures in international environmental agreements. 2: Transparency. 3: Packaging and marking. UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) has launched a comprehensive work-programme on trade and the environment, 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 | |