Trade, environment and development: implications for Caribbean countries

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cepal.callNumberLC/CAR/G.669
cepal.docTypeDocumentos de proyectos e investigación
cepal.idSade9899
cepal.physicalDescriptiondiagramas
cepal.regionalOfficePuerto España
cepal.topicEngTRADE POLICY AND TRADE AGREEMENTS
cepal.topicEngINTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
cepal.topicEngSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
cepal.topicEngTRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
cepal.topicEngINTERNATIONAL TRADE
cepal.topicSpaPOLÍTICA COMERCIAL Y ACUERDOS COMERCIALES
cepal.topicSpaCOOPERACIÓN INTERNACIONAL
cepal.topicSpaDESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE
cepal.topicSpaCOMERCIO DE BIENES Y SERVICIOS
cepal.topicSpaCOMERCIO INTERNACIONAL
cepal.workareaEngINTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INTEGRATION
cepal.workareaEngSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
cepal.workareaEngSTATISTICS
cepal.workareaSpaCOMERCIO INTERNACIONAL E INTEGRACIÓN
cepal.workareaSpaDESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE Y ASENTAMIENTOS HUMANOS
cepal.workareaSpaESTADÍSTICAS
dc.contributor.entityNU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe
dc.coverage.spatialEngCARIBBEAN REGION
dc.coverage.spatialSpaCARIBE
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-02T23:14:16Z
dc.date.available2014-01-02T23:14:16Z
dc.date.issued2001-11-30
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliography
dc.description.abstractIntroduction Trade and development issues have been the focus of economists, policy makers and international organizations for decades. However, environmental concerns have only come to the fore within the last couple of decades largely as a result of the work of scientists on, for example, climate change and loss in biodiversity as well as the lobbying activities of environmental groups, such as Greenpeace. The linking of environment to trade only gained international prominence since the negotiations for the Canada-United States Free Trade Area in the 1980s. However, although environmental concerns were incorporated into the North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA) agreement they have not been brought within the World Trade Organization (WTO). Nevertheless, some developed countries, mainly in Europe, have proposed incorporating environmental and labour standards into the sector agreements that would result from the conclusion of the next Round of WTO negotiations. Translating the concerns for non-trade issues into WTO disciplines raises the question of whether the purview of the world body should be expanded beyond trade. The agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) provides a precedent for extending WTO disciplines from products to production processes. Bringing the regulation of environmental standards into the WTO should prevent environmental abuses under the guise of free trade and thus facilitate sustainable development. However, the WTO is not considered to be an appropriate organization for coordinating environmental standards, especially since trade liberalisation has not been found to have had a systematically negative affect on the environment [Jenkins 2001]. Instead the case has been argued for a coordinated international approach to environmental management in the form of a dedicated world environmental body [Maskus 2000]. Concern about environmental effects on development has been focused on the relationship between environment and trade. This is reflected in the studies that were done prior to and since the coming into effect of NAFTA. The environment has played an important role in the production of resource-based commodities as well as in the provision of food and other amenities for the population. Nevertheless, an integral relationship between economic and social development and the environment did not form the basis for development strategies and policies pursued in the Caribbean. Since the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, the importance of environment to trade and development has become generally accepted. However, developing countries have been concerned about proposals to bring environment and labour standards within the purview of the WTO. This was part of the reason for the failure to launch a new round of trade negotiations in Seattle in 2000. Environmental issues were again on the agenda at the Doha Ministerial meeting in November 2001. In light of the reservations of developing countries in agreeing to negotiate environmental issues in a new WTO Round, this paper explores the relationship between trade, environment and development with specific reference to Caribbean countries. The aim is to understand why developing countries, in particular those in the Caribbean, should be concerned about environmental issues in their pursuit of economic development. Economic growth and development was traditionally about increasing savings and investment to realise increased rates of growth as well as diversifying production and export structures to enhance the sustainability of growth. Environmental management is now considered to be an important factor in the pursuit of sustainable growth and development. After decades of environmental abuse, developed countries have put in place measures and institutions to regulate the environment. Some of these measures have tended to impinge on trade relations with other countries, in particular developing countries where environmental regulation is either absent or in a nascent stage of development.
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dc.format.extent32 páginas.
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dc.identifier.unSymbolLC/CAR/G.669
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/27490
dc.language.isoeng
dc.physicalDescription32 p. : diagrs.
dc.publisherECLAC
dc.publisher.placePort-of-Spain
dc.rights.coarDisponible
dc.subject.unbisEngENVIRONMENT
dc.subject.unbisEngENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subject.unbisEngINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject.unbisEngSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject.unbisEngTRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject.unbisEngTRADE NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subject.unbisEngTRADE IN SERVICES
dc.subject.unbisSpaCOMERCIO INTERNACIONAL
dc.subject.unbisSpaDESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE
dc.subject.unbisSpaLIBERALIZACION DEL INTERCAMBIO
dc.subject.unbisSpaMEDIO AMBIENTE
dc.subject.unbisSpaNEGOCIACIONES COMERCIALES
dc.subject.unbisSpaPROTECCION AMBIENTAL
dc.subject.unbisSpaCOMERCIO DE SERVICIOS
dc.titleTrade, environment and development: implications for Caribbean countries
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