Green Trade Agreements

ISBN-13: 9781349340330 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 298 str.

D. Colyer

Opis

Green Trade Agreements reviews and analyses the environmental provisions that have become an important characteristic of the growing number of bilateral and regional free trade agreements. This book examines the range of approaches to these environmental provisions, evaluates their effectiveness and suggests potential improvements to the process.

Spis treści

Introduction Environmental Impacts of Trade Background Issues NAFTA's Environmental Provisions Environment and GATT/WTO FTA Trade Provisions US Trade Agreements FTAs in the Americas European Trade Agreements Trade Agreements in the Rest of the World Environmental Impact Analysis Impacts of Environmental Provisions Summary and Outlook

O autorze

DALE COLYER is Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Resource Economics, West Virginia University, USA, where he conducted research on development and trade. He was a policy analyst with USAID Ecuador, consulted in Africa and Latin America, and has published articles on trade and development and co-edited 'Agriculture and Economic Survival' and 'Competition in Agriculture.'