Environmental Protection Versus Trade Liberalization Finding The Balance

Author : Sandra L. Walker
Publisher : Publications Fac St Louis
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 280280085X

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Environmental Protection Versus Trade Liberalization : Finding the Balance by Sandra L. Walker Pdf

Recent years have witnessed a proliferation of laws regulating the environment. Such laws aim to protect the environment of the legislating country and increasingly, the environment beyond its borders. While the objectives of these rules appear to be laudable ones, environmental regulation is frequently criticized as trade-restrictive and protectionist. In addition, attempts to regulate foreign production processes are attacked as interfering with the sovereign right of foreign countries to determine their own standards of environmental management. Environmental protection goals may also hinder international trade and consequently become vulnerable to legal challenge under international trade law. The manner in which international trade law weights the competing objectives of environmental protection and trade liberalization is the subject of this book. The experience of the European Economic Community in this regard provides a useful backdrop against which the treatment of environmental regulation under the GATT can be both examined and improved. The author concludes the GATT reforms, such as the incorporation of environmental principes into GATT jurisprudence, are critical to ensuring the legality of legitimate environmental protection measures. Such efforts would serve to safeguard both the environment and a more stable international trading system. The study was financed by the Brussels Capital Region through the Visiting Scientist's Programme.

Author : Carlisle Ford Runge,François Ortalo-Magné,Philip Vande Kamp
Publisher : Council on Foreign Relations
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822016567224

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Freer Trade, Protected Environment by Carlisle Ford Runge,François Ortalo-Magné,Philip Vande Kamp Pdf

C. Ford Runge, a leading expert on trade reform and environmental policy, explores the linkages between trade and environment, and compares trade rules and environmental standards. How can environmental harm be reduced and international trade be expanded with minimal detriment to the other? Runge examines actual cases and concludes with specific policy recommendations for the United States and the international community.

Author : Elena Cima
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004467569

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From Exception to Promotion by Elena Cima Pdf

From Exception to Promotion: Re-Thinking the Relationship between International Trade and Environmental Law tells a new, unconventional story of the nexus between international trade and environmental law - a story in which the keyword is synergy rather than conflict, and where the trade regime was always meant for something greater than simply trade liberalization. This ‘something greater’ was peace in the first half of the 20th century. Today, it is sustainable development, environmental protection, and social inclusion. Environmental protection is therefore neither antithetical to the overarching purpose of the trading system nor simply a ‘non-trade’ issue to be incorporated within the trade regime, but rather part of its very nature and purpose. By telling this ‘untold’ story of the nexus, this book intends to raise historical awareness and open a constructive discussion on the future of the trade regime and of international economic law governance at large.

Author : Kevin Gallagher
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804751254

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Free Trade and the Environment by Kevin Gallagher Pdf

'Free Trade and the Environment' examines the impact of international economic integration on the environment, taking as a case study the experience of Mexico, as it transformed itself from one of the most closed economies in the world to one of the mostopen.

Author : International Institute for Sustainable Development
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : 9781895536218

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Environment and Trade by International Institute for Sustainable Development Pdf

Reference tool to facilitate broader understanding and awareness of relationship between environment and trade which can then become the basis on which fair and environmentally sustainable policies and trade flows are built.

Author : Eun Sup Lee
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642311437

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World Trade Regulation by Eun Sup Lee Pdf

​The institutional and legal status of the WTO, with its integrated dispute settlement system, provides a framework for certainty, security and stability for trade as well as a coherent system to protect intellectual property rights. In all member countries and their respective enterprises, WTO regulations need to be considered when designing and implementing trade-related strategies for business operations in the integrated global market. This book aims at giving upper-level undergraduates and graduate students a comprehensive understanding of the public regulations related to international trade within the WTO mechanism and equip them, as potential policy makers and future practitioners in international trade, with the practical skills to interpret and apply the multilateral trade regulations as outlined by the WTO.

Author : Nicolas de Sadeleer
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191663505

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EU Environmental Law and the Internal Market by Nicolas de Sadeleer Pdf

For some, a protectionist policy underlies most environmental measures. Lawyers working in the area of fundamental freedoms are very accustomed to discussing all issues within a free market framework and therefore often come to market-friendly decisions. Similarly, while environmental law has taken on a renewed intensity at European level, the tendency has been to analyse the subject rather narrowly, and studies fail to address the impact of environmental law on market integration. Written by one of the foremost experts in the area, the book challenges current thought and re-assesses the rules of economic integration within an environmental framework. In so doing, it bridges the gap between environmental and trade law and provides a systematic, robust, and practically workable analytical framework of the conflicts opposing rapidly evolving environmental and climate change measures and internal market as well as competition rules. The book is divided into three parts, beginning with a systematic and in-depth analysis of the key Treaty provisions regarding environmental protection, as well as an overview of secondary environmental law. Part two addresses the compatibility of EU and national environmental protection measures with the provisions of the TFEU on the free movement of goods and services, and the freedom of establishment. Part three examines the compatibility of environmental protection measures with treaty provisions on the freedom of competition and State aids. The book also includes discussion of all major cases handed down by the Court of Justice, highlighting the real impact of the conflicts.

Author : Alan M. Rugman,John J. Kirton,Julie A. Soloway
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Environmental law
ISBN : 019829588X

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Environmental Regulations and Corporate Strategy by Alan M. Rugman,John J. Kirton,Julie A. Soloway Pdf

International agreements and environmental regulations are important constraints in today's business context. By analyzing development and case studies within NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), the authors demonstrate how firms can develop strategies which utilize international trade and environment regimes to open up international markets.

Author : Nicolas de Sadeleer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Environmental law
ISBN : 0199254745

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Environmental Principles by Nicolas de Sadeleer Pdf

This book traces the evolution of environmental principles from their origins as vague political slogans reflecting fears about environmental hazards to their embodiment in enforceable laws. Since the early 1970s environmental issues have taken on an ever increasing profile. This has been duein part to a fundamental change in the type and scale of risk posed by industry. Issues such as global warming, GM food, and mad cow disease typify the new kinds of risk: potentially catastrophic consequences could ensue yet there is no scientific agreement over their precise causation, duration andother concerns. Environmental law has always responded to risks posed by industrial society but the new generation of risks have required a new set of environmental principles, emerging from a combination of public fears, science, ethics and established legal practice. This book shows how three ofthe most important principles of modern environmental law grew out of this new age of ecological risk: the polluter pays principle, the preventive principle and the precautionary principle. The author examines the legal force of these principles and in the process offers a novel theory of normformation in environmental law by unearthing new grounds of legality.The book will be of interest to all with an interest in environmental law and policy, in the relationship between law and science, and in the ways in which political and ethical values can become embodied in laws.

Author : Robert Howse,Petrus van Bork
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415123682

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The World Trading System by Robert Howse,Petrus van Bork Pdf

Volume 1 = Historical and conceptual foundations ; Volume 2 = Dispute settlement in the world ; Volume 3 = Administered protection ; Volume 4 = The Uruguay round and beyond.

Author : William L. Ascher,Natalia Mirovitskaya
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2002-03-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780822381037

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Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy by William L. Ascher,Natalia Mirovitskaya Pdf

The Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy is a comprehensive presentation of definitions, philosophies, policies, models, and analyses of global environmental and developmental issues. With a wealth of comparative, multidisciplinary, and geographically varied perspectives on environmental governance, it also provides detailed and balanced discussions about specific environmental issues. The guide combines formal, objective entries with critical commentaries that emphasize different opinions and controversies. With succinct explanations of more than a thousand terms, thoughtful interpretations by international experts, and helpful cross-referencing, this resource is designed to serve as a roadmap for understanding the issues and debates in the overlapping fields of environment and development. Intended for use by activists, journalists, policymakers, students, scholars, and interested citizens, the Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy will be a helpful tool for anyone trying to get a comprehensive look at the many environmental organizations, schools of thought, development programs, international environmental treaties, conventions, and strategies that have proliferated in the past few decades.

Author : Damien Geradin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1997-11-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521590124

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Trade and the Environment by Damien Geradin Pdf

A penetrating analysis of the relation between trade and environmental protection policies in the EC and the US.

Author : Paolo Davide Farah,Elena Cima
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 695 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317167198

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China's Influence on Non-Trade Concerns in International Economic Law by Paolo Davide Farah,Elena Cima Pdf

This volume examines the range of Non-Trade Concerns (NTCs) that may conflict with international economic rules and proposes ways to protect them within international law and international economic law. Globalization without local concerns can endanger relevant issues such as good governance, human rights, right to water, right to food, social, economic, cultural and environmental rights, labor rights, access to knowledge, public health, social welfare, consumer interests and animal welfare, climate change, energy, environmental protection and sustainable development, product safety, food safety and security. Focusing on China, the book shows the current trends of Chinese law and policy towards international standards. The authors argue that China can play a leading role in this context: not only has China adopted several reforms and new regulations to address NTCs; but it has started to play a very relevant role in international negotiations on NTCs such as climate change, energy, and culture, among others. While China is still considered a developing country, in particular from the NTCs’ point of view, it promises to be a key actor in international law in general and, more specifically, in international economic law in this respect. This volume assesses, taking into consideration its special context, China’s behavior internally and externally to understand its role and influence in shaping NTCs in the context of international economic law.

Author : Romain Wacziarg
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Free trade
ISBN : 1788111494

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Trade Liberalization by Romain Wacziarg Pdf

This compelling two-volume collection presents the major literary contributions to the economic analysis of the consequences of trade liberalization on growth, productivity, labor market outcomes and economic inequality. Examining the classical theories that stress gains from trade stemming from comparative advantage, the selection also comprises more recent theories of imperfect competition, where any potential gains from trade can stem from competitive effects or the international transmission of knowledge. Empirical contributions provide evidence regarding the explanatory power of these various theories, including work on the effects of trade openness on economic growth, wages, and income inequality, as well as evidence on the effects of trade on firm productivity, entry and exit. Prefaced by an original introduction from the editor, the collection will to be an invaluable research resource for academics, practitioners and those drawn to this fascinating topic.

Author : Adil Najam,Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz,Mark Halle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:316663457

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Trade and Environment by Adil Najam,Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz,Mark Halle Pdf