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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The decision rules the GATT applies , such as nondiscrimination , are relatively straightforward . How the GEO would assess , for example , whether environmental costs were fully internalized presents a much greater challenge .
The decision rules the GATT applies , such as nondiscrimination , are relatively straightforward . How the GEO would assess , for example , whether environmental costs were fully internalized presents a much greater challenge .
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The starting point for this effort is the environmentalists ' fear that the current set of trade rules and the processes of trade liberalization will be used to override legitimate environmental regulations ( Daly 1993 ) .
The starting point for this effort is the environmentalists ' fear that the current set of trade rules and the processes of trade liberalization will be used to override legitimate environmental regulations ( Daly 1993 ) .
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GATT's rules reflect this traditional notion and allow a party to limit trade where a product entering its market is deemed to be environmentally damaging or dangerous . But where the product itself is environmentally benign ...
GATT's rules reflect this traditional notion and allow a party to limit trade where a product entering its market is deemed to be environmentally damaging or dangerous . But where the product itself is environmentally benign ...
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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 |
| ISBN | 0881322059, 9780881322057 |
| Length | 319 pages |
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