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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... Industry and Commerce. Carl Folke is Associate Professor in Systems Ecology at Stockholm University, and Deputy Director of the Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Stefan ...
... industry: relative importance and expected growth Table 2 The market for environmental technology: volume 1990 and growth Table 3 Relationships between Swedish imports and exports of fish products, 1986 Table 4 Emissions of carbon ...
... Industrial Institute for Economic and Social Research (IUI) provided additional support. Carl Folke's work was partly financed through a grant from the Swedish Council for Forestry and Agricultural Research (SJFR), Thomas Andersson's by ...
... industry, as well as a growing body of public opinion concerned with the health of the environment, began demanding new measures against countries which were considered to behave in an environmentally irresponsible manner. Several EU ...
... industry, which protests that such measures will cause a decrease in employment and the companies' eventual relocation to another country due to the high cost of measures to protect the environment. Trade experts are primarily concerned ...
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 | |