Asian Dragons and Green Trade
Author: Simon S. C. Tay
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 206
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Asian Dragons and Green Trade
Author: Simon Tay
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe connection between trade and the environment gives rise to a set of issues that is relatively new and still controversial. The concern of environmentalists is that liberalised trade will lead to an increase in products that are harmful to the environment. Those who promote freer trade, on the other hand, are concerned that environmental issues will provide a pretext for protectionism and form trade barriers. This is significant as trade is seen by Asia as an engine of growth. It is part of the formula pioneered by "Asian Dragons" in pursuing export-oriented industrialisation and now adopted by other, larger Asian countries. Asia ,too, is facing considerable environmental stress in development. Ultimately, as recognised by the 1992 Earth Summit, the issues of trade and the environment are part of the challenges in seeking sustainable development. These issues came into focus as the World Trade Organisation met in Singapore in December 1996, when the WTO committee on trade and the environment delivered its first report. Increasingly, trade and the environment will need to be considered in the context of other regional initiatives such as Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation area (APEC), ASEAN Free Trade Agreement and Asia's reinvigorated ties with Europe after the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). As economic integration deepens, concern with environmental issues will rise on the agenda. This book brings together essays by leading academics and policy makers from different disciplines and different sectors. Just as importantly, the three major trading regions of the world are equally represented: Asia, Europe and North America.
Trade, Biodiversity, and Sustainable Development
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Publisher: IUCN
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9782831707716
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOptions for Global Trade Reform
Author: Will Martin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003-03-27
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 1139438549
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDespite the decision of the WTO members to launch a new round of negotiations at their Doha Ministerial in November 2001, developing countries continue to have very real concerns on a number of key issues. The successful completion of the Doha trade round and the realization of the goals of its Development Agenda represent a major challenge for both the developed and the developing world. The primary aim of this volume is to improve understanding of the issues, the objectives of policy and the options for trade policy reform particularly as they impact on the Asia-Pacific region. A team of authors from developing and developed countries in the Asia-Pacific identify ways in which progress might be made on the key negotiating topics, including market access and related issues in agriculture, non-agriculture merchandise and in trade in services.
Towards a "second Generation" in Environmental Laws in the Asian and Pacific Region
Author: Lin Heng Lye
Publisher: IUCN
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9782831707532
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLaws in the twentieth century were based on economic growth and development. This new century calls for the reassessment of all laws from an environmental perspective in consideration of such looming environmental concerns as global warming, degradation of biodiversity and pollution. This book captures some provoking thoughts raised during a symposium on second generation environmental laws held in Japan in 2002. The wide range of articles will promote greater understanding of what has been achieved with the first generation of environmental laws, what is needed for the second generation, and how to bridge the two.
The Greening of Trade Law
Author: Richard H. Steinberg
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780742510463
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this first book to systematically compare how each of the world's major international trade organizations have handled environmental issues, leading specialists provide a balanced analysis of the development of trade and the environment rules in the World Trade Organization, the European Union, the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Free Trade Area of the Americas, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, the International Organization for Standardization, and other key organizations. Deftly combining policy and theory, the authors offer a range of heuristics and normative orientations in an effort to understand one of the globe's most contentious and timely dilemmas. Visit our website for sample chapters!
Encyclopedia of Global Change: J-Z
Author: Andrew Goudie
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 1405
ISBN-13: 0195108256
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis reference work concentrates upon both the natural and man-made changes to the world's environment. Containing over 300 original, signed articles by distinguished scholars and 1,500 illustrations it is the comprehensive encyclopedia for this multi-discipline, high profile field. Articles fall into the general categories of: concepts of global change, earth and earth systems, human factors, resources, responses to global change agreements and associations, biographies and case studies. The accessible and jargon-free language make it an excellent work for the professional scholar as well as the interested general reader and a detail network of cross references and blind entries will help readers at all levels.
Reconciling Environment and Trade
Author: Edith Brown Weiss
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 729
ISBN-13: 1571053700
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe volume focuses on five cases, all of which remain cornerstone trade-environment cases of the WTO. The subject matter of these cases reflects five basic issues in the clash between trade and the environment: public health, air pollution/ozone depletion, food safety, destruction of endangered species, and biosafety. These five issues surface dramatically in international disputes over tobacco, reformulated gasoline, beef growth hormones, commercial fishing methods, and genetically modified organisms. In the second edition of this book, Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder joins the original editors to update and contextualize the five case studies in new introductions to each section. These introductions provide an overview of developments since the first edition, including subsequent related cases. The second edition also includes updated bibliographic materials. In their penetrating analyses of these cases and their vast implications, the authors take into account the entire disciplines of both trade law and environmental law, noting especially the points of friction between the multilateral instruments in each field and the developing jurisprudence of the WTO Dispute Settlement with regard to the exceptions specified in Article XX of the GATT. The articulated standpoints of all parties-governments and NGOs on both sides of the controversy-are probed for "agendas," whether stated or unstated. No one involved in international trade or environmental activism can afford to ignore this vital publication. The information it provides (on WTO jurisprudence, on current and pending environmental initiatives, on the science behind the disputes), no less than the fresh and convincing analysis itholds forth, make it an essential tool for understanding some of the most crucial issues in international law today.
Envisioning a Sustainable Development Agenda for Trade and Environment
Author: A. Najam
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2007-07-23
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0230605702
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book systematically explores the trade and environment interests of developing countries from a Southern perspective. The contributors write explicitly about both hopes and fears in the South. Essays are from leading experts and thought leaders from various regions of the South who work for bold new agendas and priorities for their region.
Remapping East Asia
Author: T. J. Pempel
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2018-08-06
Total Pages: 335
ISBN-13: 1501732099
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn overarching ambiguity characterizes East Asia today. The region has at least a century-long history of internal divisiveness, war, and conflict, and it remains the site of several nettlesome territorial disputes. However, a mixture of complex and often competing agents and processes has been knitting together various segments of East Asia. In Remapping East Asia, T. J. Pempel suggests that the region is ripe for cooperation rather than rivalry and that recent "region-building" developments in East Asia have had a substantial cumulative effect on the broader canvas of international politics. This collection is about the people, processes, and institutions behind that region-building. In it, experts on the area take a broad approach to the dynamics and implications of regionalism. Instead of limiting their focus to security matters, they extend their discussions to topics as diverse as the mercurial nature of Japan's leadership role in the region, Southeast Asian business networks, the war on terrorism in Asia, and the political economy of environmental regionalism. Throughout, they show how nation-states, corporations, and problem-specific coalitions have furthered regional cohesion not only by establishing formal institutions, but also by operating informally, semiformally, or even secretly.
