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Module III:
Environmental Dimensions of
International
Trade
Objective: To
consider environmental dimensions of key issues in trade.
Overview: This module will show
how specific environmental issues are shaped by trade law. A number of
issues will be considered, including: the relationship between market
access and environmental conditions; the relationship between exploitation
of comparative advantage and a so-called race-to-the-bottom with respect
to environmental management practices; the relationship between subsidies
and natural resource depletion; the relationship between intellectual
property rights, productive technologies, and biodiversity; and the
relationship between increased investment and environmental matters. The
topics of this module will be illustrated by available case law in each
subject matter.
Topics
covered in this module include:
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Market access
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Environmental
standards and
competitiveness
o Processes
and production methods
(PPMs)
o Eco-labeling and environmental
certification programs
o Government
procurement
o Environmental
goods and services
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Regulation of agriculture
o Reduction of trade barriers and the
environment
o Subsidies: environmental costs and
benefits
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Intellectual property rights
o Technological innovation
o Biodiversity and natural resources
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Investment
and sustainable development
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Environmental Dimensions of International Trade
Market Access &
Regulation of Agriculture
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Intellectual
Property Rights
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Investment
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Required
Readings |
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Market
Access and Environmental Requirements,
Trade and Environment at the WTO, The World Trade
Organization (2004), pp. 14-21.
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Read,
Robert,
Process and Production Methods and the Regulation of International
Trade, The WTO & the Regulation of International Trade:
Recent Trade Disputes Between the European Union & United States,
N. Perdikis & R. Read (eds.) (2005), Chapter 11, pp. 239-266.
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Opening
Markets for Environmental Goods and Services.
Organisation for Economic
Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Policy Brief (2005).
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Sell,
Malena, Agriculture,
Trade and Environment—A Resource Book, A. Najim, M. Halle and
R. Meléndez-Ortiz (eds.), International Institute for Sustainable
Development, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable
Development and the Regional and International Networking Group
(2007), Section II, Chapter 1, pp. 29-37.
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Tarasofsky,
Richard,
Report on
Trade, Environment, and Intellectual Property Rights,
Concerted Action on Trade and Environment, European Commission
(2005).
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Peterson,
Luke Eric,
Investment,
Trade and Environment—A Resource Book, A. Najim, M. Halle and
R. Meléndez-Ortiz (eds.), International Institute for Sustainable
Development, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable
Development and the Regional and International Networking Group
(2007), Section II, Chapter 12, pp. 135-144.
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Suggested Readings |
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Trade and Environment in the Multilateral Trading System,
TrainForTrade, United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development, Module 2 (2000).
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Cosbey, Aaron,
Trade-related environmental standards: make them better, meet them
better, but don’t bother complaining,
Lessons Learned on Trade and Sustainable Development: Distilling
Six Years of Research from the Trade Knowledge Network,
International Institute for Sustainable Development (2004), Chapter
3, pp. 13-24.
Bienes y Servicios Ambientales en América Central, Cuba y la
República Domínicana,
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (2006).
Bernasconi-Osterwalder,
Nathalie, Linsey Sherman and Mahesh Sugathan,
Environmental Goods and Non-agricultural Market Access,
Trade and Environment—A Resource Book, A. Najim, M. Halle
and R. Meléndez-Ortiz (eds.), International Institute for
Sustainable Development, International Centre for Trade and
Sustainable Development and the Regional and International
Networking Group, (2007), Section II, Chapter 6, pp. 77-85.
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Pearce, David,
Environmentally Harmful Subsidies: Barriers to Sustainable
Development, paper presented at: Workshop on
Environmentally Harmful Subsidies, Organisation of Economic
Co-Operation and Development (2002).
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Cosbey, Aaron,
The Road to Hell? Investor Protections in NAFTA’s Chapter 11,
International Investment for Sustainable Development, L.
Zarsky (ed.), Earthscan (2005), Chapter 6, pp. 150-171.
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