Module I:
Intersection between Trade and
Environment
Objective: To describe areas of intersection between trade and
environment.
Overview: This module will explore the physical and economic
relationship between trade and environment. In particular, it will focus
on trends associated with increased trade activity and its impacts on
environment and development. This analysis will show that there is a
pressing need to balance trade and environmental goals in order to achieve
sustainable development.
Topics
covered in this module include:
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International trade
o Rationales for
trade promotion
§
Environmental conditions
o Costs of environmental
degradation
o Rationale for sound environmental
management
§
Physical
and economic relationship between environment and international trade
o Overview of the
relationship and
impacts
o Methodologies
to assess impacts
o Product effects
o Scale effects
o Structural effects
o Direct effects
§
Tools for
a balanced agenda
o Aspects of trade promotion
that
potentially contribute to
environmental protection
o Aspects of
environmental
management and protection that
support
the trade agenda
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