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 90
... ment structure for international environmental issues has only recently emerged with the recognition that some of today's ecological problems are inherently global in scope and must therefore be addressed on a multilateral basis . To ...
... ment structure for international environmental issues has only recently emerged with the recognition that some of today's ecological problems are inherently global in scope and must therefore be addressed on a multilateral basis . To ...
Page 140
... ment of who applies an environmental standard . Fundamentally , the GATT is asymmetrical ; its rules only permit a decision that particular environmental standards " excessively " intrude on trade prerogatives . The GATT provides no ...
... ment of who applies an environmental standard . Fundamentally , the GATT is asymmetrical ; its rules only permit a decision that particular environmental standards " excessively " intrude on trade prerogatives . The GATT provides no ...
Page 211
... ment process . Specifically , trade / environment cases generally arise when one party challenges some aspect of another's environmental pol- icies or standards . The party defending its environmental program almost invariably sees ...
... ment process . Specifically , trade / environment cases generally arise when one party challenges some aspect of another's environmental pol- icies or standards . The party defending its environmental program almost invariably sees ...
Contents
Origins of the Trade and Environment Conflict | 1 |
Conflict or Convergence | 35 |
Making Trade Work for the Environment | 65 |
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