Environmental Issues in the New World Trading System [Paperback]

This book examines the recent controversy between international trade and environmental policies. It analyses the use of environmentally-motivated trade policies, national environmental policies, and their relationships with the rules governing trade, critically examining proposals rule reform. A theoretical framework is provided for a consideration of the efficiency of environmental trade policies and an evaluation made of empirical links between environmental policy differences and trade flows. Concerns of developing countries over environmentally-motivated market access restrictions are highlighted in considering international trade rules and the agreements reached at UNCED.List of Tables - List of Figures - Introduction - Economic Analysis of Trade and Environment Policy Linkages - Elements of the Political Economic Conflict between Trade and Environmental Policies - Evidence on the Linkages between Trade and the Environment - North-South Dimensions of the Trade and Environment Debate - The System of World Trade Rules and the Environment - The Potential Environmental Agenda after the Uruguay Round - Environmental Issues in NAFTA and Other Western Hemisphere Trade Arrangements - Longer Term Issues with Integrating Trade and Environment Linkages - Appendices - Index