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 74
... political power.4 As David Mayhew ( 1974 , 137 ) observes : " Congress will be reluctant to legislate new programs benefiting the unorganized over the opposition of the organized . " This problem is not new . Nearly a century ago ...
... political power.4 As David Mayhew ( 1974 , 137 ) observes : " Congress will be reluctant to legislate new programs benefiting the unorganized over the opposition of the organized . " This problem is not new . Nearly a century ago ...
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... political failure that makes adopting economically efficient , free tradeconsistent environmental policies so difficult . The GATT's Role in Fixing the Trade Policy Political Failure / . The GATT is a central pillar of the post - World ...
... political failure that makes adopting economically efficient , free tradeconsistent environmental policies so difficult . The GATT's Role in Fixing the Trade Policy Political Failure / . The GATT is a central pillar of the post - World ...
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... political spillovers , which , combined with fears about competitiveness , put downward pressure on environmental standards elsewhere ( e.g. , French 1993a ; Arden - Clarke 1993b ) . This " political drag " reflects the perceived ...
... political spillovers , which , combined with fears about competitiveness , put downward pressure on environmental standards elsewhere ( e.g. , French 1993a ; Arden - Clarke 1993b ) . This " political drag " reflects the perceived ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Origins of the Trade and Environment Conflict | 9 |
Conflict or Convergence | 35 |
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