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  Report of the expert consultation on environmental effects of genetically modified crops

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004

  This paper examines the outcomes of a three-day consultation on the 'Environmental Effects of Genetically Modified Crops', attended by sixteen technical experts.
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  Greasy palms – palm oil, the environment and big business

  Friends of the Earth, 2003

  This report summarises two separate Friends of the Earth reports on, respectively, the increasing demand for palm oil in developed countries, and the social and environmental impacts of palm oil cultivation in Southeast Asia - focussing particularly on Indonesia.
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  The environment, natural resources and HIV/AIDS

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2003

  This short report looks at impacts of HIV/AIDS on agriculture and the environment, with a focus on rural areas in Africa.
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  Effects of the integration of Mexico into NAFTA on trade, industry, employment and economic growth

  Econometrics Research Team, University of Santiago de Compostela, 2003

  This paper compares the experience of economic development of Mexico with that of some OECD countries (France, Spain and the USA) and Latin American countries (Brazil and Argentina), and analyses the evolution of employment in Mexico taking into account the positive impact that industrial development has in non-agrarian employment and the effects of the integration into NAFTA on trade and industri
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  Trade and environmental standards

  Institute of Development Studies 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 trade agreements.Claims include:liberal economists are optimistic about the complementarity between trade and environmental goals: the environment is a factor of production that affects a cou
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  Effects of North American Free Trade Agreement on agriculture and the rural economy

  Economics, Statistics and Market Information System, USDA Economics and Statistics System, 2002

  This report evaluates the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on U.S. agriculture and the rural economy. The report begins with a broad overview of the impact of NAFTA on U.S. agriculture, and follows with a more detailed account of the effects on a number of commodities.Findings include:U.S.
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  Lessons from NAFTA for Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries: a summary of research findings

  Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Human Development Department, World Bank, 2003

  This report attempts to draw lessons from the participation of Mexico in NAFTA in order to provide guidance to other Latin American countries on what they can expect from this type of trade agreement, and to identify policies that can help them derive the maximum benefits from trade integration in the Americas.Findings include:without NAFTA, global exports would have been roughly 25% lo
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  Strengthening linkages between US trade policy and environmental capacity building

  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2003

  This paper examines US efforts to work with its trading partners in building their trade-related capacities for environmental protection and sustainable development.
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  Logs of war: the timber trade and armed conflict

  Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2002

  This report explores the relationship between the trade in timber and armed conflict.
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  Multilateral Environmental Agreements and the WTO

  Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2003

  This paper demonstrates that almost 30 Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) incorporate trade measures, regulating or restraining the trade in particular substances or products, either between parties to the treaty and/or between parties and non-parties.

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