Trade negotiations and the environment
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- Zambia's refusal of American GM food aid highlights the complexity of food issues
- ( C. Bergstrom / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences , 2007)
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A failure to recongnise the complexity of food issues has led to the development of diverse and conflicting regulatory systems to address food trade and food safety. This paper uses the exampl...
- Trade regimes change required for sustainable land management
- ( M. Chamay;J. Hepburn;M. Gueye Kamal;M. Sugathan;E. Canigiani / Global Mechanism , 2007)
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Drylands have potential for economic activity now markets are emerging for natural products such as aloe or gum Arabic. However it is difficult to take advantage of these opportunities because ther...
- Considerations for tariff liberalisation of environmental goods
- ( R. Howse; P. van Bork / International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development , 2006)
- This paper stems from WTO discussions of the mandate from paragraph 31(iii) of the Doha Ministerial Declaration to “reduce or as appropriate eliminate tariffs and non-tariff barriers” on environmental...
- Incorporating special and differential treatment and environmentally preferable products of export into future WTO negotiations
- ( S. Singh / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg , 2005)
- In analysing possible approaches for ensuring balanced trade gains in the ongoing WTO negotiations, the author suggests that a combination of special and differential treatment (SDT) provisions and en...
- A chapter in "The WTO and East Asian Regional Integration"
- ( M. Halle / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg , 2006)
- This paper analyses the relationship between trade and sustainable development, in particular the relationship between trade and the environment. The paper argues that contrary to general opinion, th...
- Making EU trade policy consistent with environmental sustainability and gender equity
- ( Women in Development Europe , 2006)
- This publication aims to contribute to a constructive dialogue between civil society representatives from the North and the South and representatives from the EU that could feed into an EU trade polic...
- Are the negative impacts of regulatory costs being overestimated?
- ( F. Ackerman / Department of Economics, Tufts University, USA , 2006)
- This paper asks: 'Will unbearable regulatory costs ruin the US economy?' It argues that what is remarkable about regulatory costs is not their heavy economic burden, but rather their lightness. The pa...
- Understanding the complex relationship between trade liberalisation, agricultural activities, and biological diversity
- ( Convention on Biological Diversity , 2005)
- This study provides an in-depth analysis of the potential implications for biodiversity of a reduction in and reform of agricultural support activities. It is an update an earlier note prepared by the...
- Potential tensions between the Kyoto Protocol and WTO rules
- ( M. Lodefalk / National Board of Trade, Sweden , 2004)
- This report investigates the relationship between the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), its Kyoto Protocol and WTO rules. The study finds that friendly coexistence should...
- Free trade and agriculture in Latin America
- ( Washington Office on Latin America , 2004)
- This paper reports on trade negotiations between the United States and the Andean region regarding a new set of bilateral trade agreements known as the Andean Free Trade Agreement. Using Columbia as ...
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