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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 the module will be illustrated by available case law in each
subject matter.
Lecturers:
Fernando Ocampo
and
César Parga
Topics
covered 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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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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Steenblik,
R. and M. Geloso Grosso,
Trade in Services Related to Climate Change: An
Exploratory Analysis, OECD Trade and Environment
Working Papers, 2012/03, OECD Publishing. |
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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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