Green Trade Agreements

Informationen zum Autor 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.' Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: D Colyer, D. Colyer, Dale Colyer, COLYER DALE
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.08.2011
• EAN: 9780230321069
• ISBN: 978-0-230-32106-9
• No. of pages: 313
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; Management, B, Economic Policy, Environmental Economics, auseinandersetzen, International Economics, Political Economy, Management science, Sustainability Management, Business & the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business, Industrial management—Environmental aspects, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Corporate Environmental Management, environment;research;WTO;sustainability