Non-trade standards & the environment
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- 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...
- Ecolabelling as an environmental policy tool and as a potential trade barrier
- ( T. Rotherham / United Nations [UN] Environment Programme , 2005)
- This report reviews what is known about ecolabelling as an environmental policy tool and as a potential trade barrier. It focuses on five well-known ecolabelling programmes that incorporate environmen...
- Is international trade good for or damaging to the environment?
- ( J. Richardson / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 1999)
- This briefing (8th in the IDS Trade and Development Background Briefings) explores the effects that global trade has on the environment and how environmental regulations can be made compatible with tr...
- Environmental regulation and international competitiveness in India
- ( S. Chaturvedi; N. Gunjan / Economic and Political Weekly, India , 2003)
- This article examines, in the Indian context, the issues of the linkage between exports from developing countries and the regulatory standards set by developed-country importers for food safety, quali...
- Do environmental standards matter to trade?
- ( J. S. Wilson; T. Otsuki; M. Sewadeh / World Bank , 2002)
- This paper addresses part of the background context to the Doha discussions on deciding whether or how to link trade agreements to the environment. The authors ask the question whether environmental r...
- Trade and the environment
- ( Hakan Nordström; S. Vaughan / World Trade Organization , 1999)
- Argues that international economic integration and growth reinforce the need for sound environmental policies at the national and international level. International cooperation is particularly importa...
- Tree Trade: Liberalization of International Commerce in Forest Products: Risks and Opportunities
- ( N. Sizer / World Resources Institute, Washington DC , 1999)
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Analyzes the risks and opportunities associated with proposed liberalization of international commerce in forest products, focusing in the negotiations at the WTO Seattle conference.
Notes that unle...
- WTO: Understanding the Development Angle [Trade and Development Background Briefings]
- ( C. Stevens / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 1999)
- Series of 10 short background papers, each on a different aspect of the WTO agenda and describing how developing countries may be affected by different outcomes, and what preparations they need to mak...
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