Greening the GATT: Trade, Environment, and the FutureDaniel C. Esty, Daniel C.. Esty, Director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and Professor Daniel Esty Institute for International Economics, 1994 - 319 pages There is growing consensus that new international rules and principles are needed to reconcile conflicts, and promote complementarities, between trade and environmental goals. The issue is especially acute for very poor countries striving for rapid economic growth. Esty, a former Environmental Protection Agency official with extensive experience in trade and environmental negotiations, examines the vital connections between trade, environment and development. He argues that current international trade rules and institutions must be significantly reformed to address environmental concerns while still promoting economic growth and development. Esty offers new international rules and principles to help make trade and environmental policies work together to better achieve sustainable economic progress. He concludes with recommendations for a Global Environmental Organization (GEO) to promote simultaneous achievement of trade environmental goals. |
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This new discipline requires that environmental regulations “ not be more trade - restrictive than necessary to fulfill a legitimate objective , taking account of the risks non - fulfillment would create " ( TBT Article 2.2 ) .
This new discipline requires that environmental regulations “ not be more trade - restrictive than necessary to fulfill a legitimate objective , taking account of the risks non - fulfillment would create " ( TBT Article 2.2 ) .
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But the GATT provides no mechanism for deeming environmental standards to be too low , creating an unfair trade ... and individuals alike to bear the full costs of the environmental burdens they impose on society - would create powerful ...
But the GATT provides no mechanism for deeming environmental standards to be too low , creating an unfair trade ... and individuals alike to bear the full costs of the environmental burdens they impose on society - would create powerful ...
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Affected trade partners have a strong justification for creating economic incentives to stop these harmful activities . ... there is a strong sense among many environmentalists that low standards create ' political spillovers , " which ...
Affected trade partners have a strong justification for creating economic incentives to stop these harmful activities . ... there is a strong sense among many environmentalists that low standards create ' political spillovers , " which ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Origins of the Trade and Environment Conflict | 9 |
Conflict or Convergence | 35 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Greening the GATT: Trade, Environment, and the Future |
| Authors | Daniel C. Esty, Daniel C.. Esty, Director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and Professor Daniel Esty |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Institute for International Economics, 1994 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 4 Aug 2008 |
| ISBN | 0881322059, 9780881322057 |
| Length | 319 pages |
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