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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... in 1995 This edition first published in 2009 by Earthscan Copyright © Thomas Andersson, Carl Folke, Stefan Nyström, 1995 All rights reserved ISBN 978-1-84407-960-5 ... with the Environment Trading with the Environment Ecology, economics,
... a dramatic expansion of the human dimension on Earth. This expansion has placed stress on nature's life-support systems. There are few signs of reduction in environmental stress; on the contrary, most research suggests that the health of ...
... the. Environment? Towards the end of the 1980s, international interest in the links between trade and the environment grew significantly. A major factor contributing to this interest was a dispute between the United States and Mexico ...
... in the domestic country are generally met with scepticism by 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 ...
... In general, measures against large point source emissions only have an effect on the domestic manufacturing processes. Consequently, environmental ... the autumn of 1990, trade and environmental policy experts International cooperation.
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 | |