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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... free traders regard the agenda of some environmentalists with distrust ( box 1 ) . In particular , the trade world sees a danger that new forms of protectionism - blocking foreign pro- ducers from entering markets and reducing the ...
... free traders regard the agenda of some environmentalists with distrust ( box 1 ) . In particular , the trade world sees a danger that new forms of protectionism - blocking foreign pro- ducers from entering markets and reducing the ...
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Trade, Environment, and the Future Daniel C. Esty. Box 1 : Environmentalists and free traders The terms " environmentalist " and " free trader " are used throughout this study as a loose description of the two camps in the trade and ...
Trade, Environment, and the Future Daniel C. Esty. Box 1 : Environmentalists and free traders The terms " environmentalist " and " free trader " are used throughout this study as a loose description of the two camps in the trade and ...
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... Free traders , moreover , see the application of environmental trade measures as a threat to the trading system and to international harmony more generally . They argue , consistent with traditional public policy theory , that trade ...
... Free traders , moreover , see the application of environmental trade measures as a threat to the trading system and to international harmony more generally . They argue , consistent with traditional public policy theory , that trade ...
Contents
Origins of the Trade and Environment Conflict | 1 |
Conflict or Convergence | 35 |
Making Trade Work for the Environment | 65 |
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