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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... environmental policies increasingly overlap one another Figure 2 Society and its economy is a sub-section of the ... environmental problems evolve in relation to increasing income Figure 6 Three different perspectives of the socio ...
... environmental constraints, others claim that global carrying capacity has already been exceeded. But, in any case, there are insufficient social mechanisms in place today to cope with these problems. What part does trade play on this ...
... environmental issues began appearing. The new problems are often connected to the array of new products constantly being developed and marketed. 3 'Hazardous waste' Swedish Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources. Ds 1992:58 ...
... environmental issues to regional and global problems. More diffuse and elusive challenges such as depletion of the ozone layer, the greenhouse effect and threats to biological diversity, are 'replacing' local environmental concerns ...
... environmental damage? Should we not put our own economic house in order ... environmental technology. The next section explores the economic efficiency of ... problems with natural resources and the environment occur, we turn towards ...
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 | |