Titre :	Economic integration and the environment
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Daniel C. Esty, Auteur
Année de publication :	1999
Importance :	p 190-209
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	SCIENCES SOCIALES
Mots-clés :	RELATION ECHANGE ENVIRONNEMENT  NAFTA (NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT)  LIBRE ECHANGE
Résumé :	No mention was made of the word “environment” in the original General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)-the central pillar of the international trading system-negotiated just after World War II. At the time, no one saw much connection between trade liberalization and environmental protection. For the next forty years, trade and environmental policymakers pursued their respective agendas on parallel tracks that rarely, if ever, intersected . In recent years, however, trade and enviromental policymaking have appeared to be linked and the two realms have often seemed to collide. Environmental advocates have come to fear that freer trade means increased pollution and resource depletion. And free traders worry that protectionism in the guise of environmental policy will obstruct efforts to, poen markets and integrate economies around the world. This chapter explores the trade-environment relationship. It argues that freer trade and economic integration more broadly offer the promise of improved social welfare-as do programs aimed at pollution abatement and improved natural resource management. While theoretically not inconsistent, in practice these goals are often not in perfect alignement. Only through concerted policy attention and efforts to overcome conflicts and tensions can both aims to be addressed and progress be made toward sustainable development.
Numéro du document :	A/RI
Niveau Bibliographique :	2
Bull1 (Theme principale) :	RELATION INTERNATIONALE
Bull2 (Theme secondaire) :	ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE

Economic integration and the environment [texte imprimé] / Daniel C. Esty, Auteur . - 1999 . - p 190-209.
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	SCIENCES SOCIALES
Mots-clés :	RELATION ECHANGE ENVIRONNEMENT  NAFTA (NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT)  LIBRE ECHANGE
Résumé :	No mention was made of the word “environment” in the original General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)-the central pillar of the international trading system-negotiated just after World War II. At the time, no one saw much connection between trade liberalization and environmental protection. For the next forty years, trade and environmental policymakers pursued their respective agendas on parallel tracks that rarely, if ever, intersected . In recent years, however, trade and enviromental policymaking have appeared to be linked and the two realms have often seemed to collide. Environmental advocates have come to fear that freer trade means increased pollution and resource depletion. And free traders worry that protectionism in the guise of environmental policy will obstruct efforts to, poen markets and integrate economies around the world. This chapter explores the trade-environment relationship. It argues that freer trade and economic integration more broadly offer the promise of improved social welfare-as do programs aimed at pollution abatement and improved natural resource management. While theoretically not inconsistent, in practice these goals are often not in perfect alignement. Only through concerted policy attention and efforts to overcome conflicts and tensions can both aims to be addressed and progress be made toward sustainable development.
Numéro du document :	A/RI
Niveau Bibliographique :	2
Bull1 (Theme principale) :	RELATION INTERNATIONALE
Bull2 (Theme secondaire) :	ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE