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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... Trade liberalization viewed through the environmentalists ' lens seems to invite increased pollution , lost ... trade world sees a danger that new forms of protectionism - blocking foreign producers from entering markets and reducing the ...
... Trade liberalization viewed through the environmentalists ' lens seems to invite increased pollution , lost ... trade world sees a danger that new forms of protectionism - blocking foreign producers from entering markets and reducing the ...
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... trade matters . On the environmental side of the spectrum , even if one puts aside the uncompromising opposition of ... liberalization do no harm to the environment - and the offensive agenda ( propositions 3 and 4 ) -guaranteeing that ...
... trade matters . On the environmental side of the spectrum , even if one puts aside the uncompromising opposition of ... liberalization do no harm to the environment - and the offensive agenda ( propositions 3 and 4 ) -guaranteeing that ...
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... trade liberalization in textiles , services , and intellectual property and the opportunities for environmental ... trade effects but should also encompass environmental policy advances that could be or should be moved in parallel with ...
... trade liberalization in textiles , services , and intellectual property and the opportunities for environmental ... trade effects but should also encompass environmental policy advances that could be or should be moved in parallel with ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Origins of the Trade and Environment Conflict | 9 |
Conflict or Convergence | 35 |
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| Title | Greening the GATT: Trade, Environment, and the Future |
| Author | Daniel C. Esty |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Institute for International Economics, 1994 |
| ISBN | 0881322059, 9780881322057 |
| Length | 319 pages |
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