Download or read book Environmental Policies Trade and Competitiveness written by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Secretariat and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[This report] is divided into three parts. Part A examines conceptual issues relating to the linkages between environmental policies and competitiveness. Part B draws on empirical studies undertaken under UNCTAD's technical cooperation programme on trade, environment and development, in particular country-specific studies carried out by research institutes in developing countries and countries in transition under the joint UNCTAD/UNDP project on 'Reconciliation of environmental and trade policies' and the joint UNCTAD/UNEP project on 'capacity-building on trade and environment'. The conclusions and recommendations are contained in Part C."--Summary.
Download or read book International Trade and Environmental Regulation written by Xinpeng Xu and published by Nova Biomedical Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets out to examine one of the most important issues on trade and the environment namely, the trade effects of domestic environmental policy. The central question addressed is whether stringent domestic environmental policies reduce the international competitiveness of environmentally sensitive industries. This study is distinguished by two major innovations that go beyond the established literature: the examination of time-series evidence to explore the relationship between environmental regulations and trade patterns, and the introduction of technology factors, together with endowment factors, to explain the empirical evidence. To theoretically explore the dynamic linkage between environmental regulation, technological innovation and economic growth the author sets up an intertemporal dynamic general equilibrium model in which the more fundamental, dynamic determinant of economic growth is its capacity for technological innovation. The basic findings are that (1) changes in thestringency of environmental regulations do not have long-run growth effects; and (2) technological innovation is an important determinant of a country's long-run growth. The emphasis of this book is that the trade effects of domestic environmental policy can be better understood if one allows for a dynamic Ricardian technology factor in the conventional Heckscher-Ohlin framework. Innovation and subsequent increases in relative labour productivity, together with factor endowments, are important factors in determining the relationship between environmental regulation and international competitiveness. This result should help refocus the debate on the relationship between environmental regulationand competitiveness in international trade.
Download or read book Environmental Policies Trade and Competitiveness written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Competitiveness and Environmental Standards written by Piritta Sorsa and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Restricting trade to compensate for differences in environmental standards is unlikely to improve competitiveness in environmentally sensistive industries. Higher environmental spending has had no noticeable effect on trade performance, so protection will not solve problems of noncompetitiveness. The reasons for good or poor performance are likely to lie elsewhere.
Download or read book Trade and the Environment written by Savas S. Alpay and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the demand for environmental quality is increasing and as the current GATT rules monitored by the WTO are not very suitable for environmental protection, either a new international environmental organization may be formed soon or new environmental regulations may be added to GATT. In either case, understanding of the interactions between trade and the environment will be vital. Trade and the Environment presents both the theoretical and empirical exposition of (i) the impact of trade liberalization on environmental quality; (ii) the impact of environmental regulations on international competitiveness; and (iii) strategic trade and environmental policies. An important feature of Trade and the Environment as compared to earlier books is that it brings together the reciprocal interactions between trade and the environment. It can be used as the main or complementary textbook for a course on trade and the environment.
Download or read book Trade and Environment written by Duncan Brack and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can trade liberalization and environmental protection be pursued together, or do the two objectives inevitably conflict? The rapid evolution of international regimes and institutions is increasingly bringing such conflicts to the fore. A consensus, both on the extent of the clash, and on how it can be resolved, does not yet exist. This volume includes the proceedings from the RIIA's April 1997 conference on trade and the environment, which brought together prominent contributors from all sides of the debate, including industry, governments, academics, NG0s and intergovernmental institutions such as the World Trade Organization, UNEP, UNCTAD and the OECD. They examine the background to the issue; the impacts of trade-related environmental measures; the relationship between environmental policy, competitiveness and investment; industry and developing country concerns; and the evolution of dispute settlement procedures in the EU and the WTO. The concluding chapter features a wide-ranging discussion on the future of the debate and of the WTO's Committee on Trade and Environment.
Download or read book Trade Environment Competitiveness written by John J. Kirton and published by Ottawa, Ont. : National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy. This book was released on 1992 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ability to support the earth's population and meet reasonable human aspirations depends on finding the most efficient and sustainable means of providing goods and services on a global scale. This document discusses trade-environment links, stakeholders perspectives including those from the resource sector, the environmental industry, the environmental community, and the aboriginal community. It also looks at the role of the Government of Canada; External Affairs and International Trade, Canada; the Department of the Environment; and the Department of Industry, Science & Technology. It presents information on regional experiences and multilateral regimes.
Download or read book Trade and the Environment written by Ravi Ratnayake and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1997, this book is about the link between trade and the environment which has become a very important national issue for all countries, in particular, those countries which have been undergoing lengthy periods of trade and investment liberalization programmes recently. This has also become an international issue of tremendous current interest given its implications on the global environment and trading system. International organizations such as WTO, OECD, the UN and regional trading arrangements such as NAFTA, EEC and APEC have been actively involved in the policy debate. Despite the critical importance of trade-environment issues, less is known about the linkages between the two. This book presents a New Zealand perspective as a case-study of global interest for two reasons: firstly, many countries, both developed and developing, are taking the New Zealand economic reforms as a model for restructuring their economies. Secondly, New Zealand is going to become a member of APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation), together with 17 other countries in the area by 2010 (developed countries) and 2020 (developing countries). The book is expected to contribute significantly to the current debate and to assist in the process of reconciliation of trade and environmental policies for sustainable development within the context of APEC integration.
Download or read book Environmental Policies and Industrial Competitiveness written by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes 20 papers from a workshop held 28-29.01.93
Download or read book Environmental Regulation and Market Power written by Emmanuel Petrakis and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emissions taxes, tradeable emission permits and voluntary compliance policies are becoming the instruments of choice in controlling environmental problems at the national and international level. This text uses research in order to appraise their efficiency in varying market conditions.
Download or read book Unilateral Environmental Policy and International Competitiveness written by Christian M. Scholz and published by Chinese University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Economic Globalisation and the Environment written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 1997-06-06 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book summarises the environmental implications of globalisation in terms of governance, competitiveness, foreign investments, sectoral economic activities, and corporate environmental strategies.
Download or read book Global Competition and EU Environmental Policy written by Jonathan Golub and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1998-03-19 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Competition and EU Environmental Policy is the first book to examine the relationship between economic competitiveness and environmental protection in European Union policy.A wide range of international case studies addresses key agreements and policies, including those dealing with ozone layer protection, pesticide exports, shipping climate
Download or read book Domestic Environmental Policies and Trade Competitiveness written by Jaekyu Lim and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Policy and Corporate Behaviour written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2007-03-28 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth empirical analysis of an industrial survey spanning 4000 facilities in all manufacturing sectors and of all sizes illustrating the links between government environmental policies and company environmental management, investments innovation and performance.
Download or read book Environmental Regulation written by John F. McEldowney and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring an original introduction by the editors, this important collection of essays explores the main issues surrounding the regulation of the environment. The expert contributors illustrate that regulating the environment in the UK is conceptually complex, involves a diverse range of institutions, techniques and methodologies and crosses geographical and national boundaries. In the USA it is more formalised, juridical, adversarial and formally dependent upon legal rules. The articles highlight the fact that despite differences in the UK and the USA's regulatory styles, environmental regulation today has much in common with both traditions.
Download or read book Handbook on Trade and the Environment written by Kevin Gallagher and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook on Trade and the Environment is a good source for those looking for a better understanding of political issues, of legal debates, and of the state of discussion between government, industry, NGO, and private sector groups on topics that are not often treated elsewhere. Judith M. Dean, World Trade Review I would recommend the book to anyone concerned with the interaction of trade and the environment. John Goodier, Reference Reviews In this comprehensive reference work, Kevin Gallagher has compiled a fresh and broad-ranging collection of expert voices commenting on the interdisciplinary field of trade and the environment. For over two decades policymakers and scholars have been struggling to understand the relationship between international trade in a globalizing world and its effects on the natural environment. The authors in this Handbook provide the tools to do just that. The editor s well-worked introduction synthesizes the emerging themes of the collection, which is divided into three sections: trade and environmental quality, trade and environmental politics, and trade and environmental policy. Topics include the extent to which trade liberalization creates pollution havens where dirty industries flock to poorer countries with lax environmental standards, and conversely, how multinational corporations bring cleaner environmental technologies to developing countries when they choose to move abroad. The volume also addresses the extent to which national environmental policy and/or global environmental agreements clash with the emerging rules of the World Trade Organization and whether such environmental policies hinder export competitiveness. Finally, numerous political economy analyses of the complex political coalitions that arise to adapt to and mitigate changes in trade and environmental policy are provided. In addition to broader overviews of the field, in-depth case studies of nations and regions are offered, including the United States, the European Union, China, India and Mexico as well East Asia, Latin America, and Africa. The volume will serve as a guide for scholars new to the field as well as students and policy-makers needing a quick reference to the research on the interface between trade and the environment.
