Green Trade Agreements

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Dale Colyer

   Pages 1-6

3. Environmental Impacts of Trade

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   Pages 7-18

4. Background Issues

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   Pages 19-29

5. NAFTA’s Environmental Provisions

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   Pages 30-47

6. Environment and GATT/WTO

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   Pages 48-63

7. FTA Trade Provisions

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   Pages 64-88

8. US Trade Agreements

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   Pages 89-109

9. FTAs in the Americas

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   Pages 110-122

10. European Trade Agreements

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    Pages 123-140

11. Trade Agreements in ROW

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    Pages 141-153

12. Environmental Impact Analysis

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    Pages 154-194

13. Impacts of Environmental Provisions

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    Pages 195-240

14. Summary and Outlook

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    Pages 241-254

15. Back Matter

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Green Trade Agreements reviews and analyses the environmental provisions that have become an important characteristic of the growing number of bilateral and regional free trade agreements. This book examines the range of approaches to these environmental provisions, evaluates their effectiveness and suggests potential improvements to the process.

• environment
• research
• WTO
• sustainability

• West Virginia University, USA

  Dale Colyer

DALE COLYER is Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Resource Economics, West Virginia University, USA, where he conducted research on development and trade. He was a policy analyst with USAID Ecuador, consulted in Africa and Latin America, and has published articles on trade and development and co-edited 'Agriculture and Economic Survival' and 'Competition in Agriculture.'

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