Greening the GATT: Trade, Environment, and the FutureInstitute 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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Page 131
... face military action . But air strikes and similar interventions would likely be viewed as over- kill in the environmental context and in any case would likely do more environmental harm than good . Trade blockades or embargoes are ...
... face military action . But air strikes and similar interventions would likely be viewed as over- kill in the environmental context and in any case would likely do more environmental harm than good . Trade blockades or embargoes are ...
Page 228
... face , market forces would work to efficiently ration the Earth's natural resources and to prevent the overuse of the planet's biosphere as a waste dump . Third , time lags and threshold effects characterize many environmen- tal issues ...
... face , market forces would work to efficiently ration the Earth's natural resources and to prevent the overuse of the planet's biosphere as a waste dump . Third , time lags and threshold effects characterize many environmen- tal issues ...
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... face - they apply equally to foreign and domestic vehicles — the European Community has challenged them as GATT - illegal in their effect . As in the CAFE Standards case , the Europeans have brought a GATT case , arguing that the law in ...
... face - they apply equally to foreign and domestic vehicles — the European Community has challenged them as GATT - illegal in their effect . As in the CAFE Standards case , the Europeans have brought a GATT case , arguing that the law in ...
Contents
Origins of the Trade and Environment Conflict | 1 |
Conflict or Convergence | 35 |
Making Trade Work for the Environment | 65 |
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