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Overview
As the demand for environmental quality is increasing and as the current GATT rules monitored by the WTO are not very suitable for environmental protection, either a new international environmental organization may be formed soon or new environmental regulations may be added to GATT. In either case, understanding of the interactions between trade and the environment will be vital. Trade and the Environment presents both the theoretical and empirical exposition of (i) the impact of trade liberalization on environmental quality; (ii) the impact of environmental regulations on international competitiveness; and (iii) strategic trade and environmental policies. An important feature of Trade and the Environment as compared to earlier books is that it brings together the reciprocal interactions between trade and the environment. It can be used as the main or complementary textbook for a course on trade and the environment.Synopsis
Alpay (international trade, Beykent U., Turkey) explores the impact of trade liberalization on environmental quality and attempts to tease out the links between the two. He then reverses the causality, examining the effect of environmental policies on international competitiveness and patterns of international trade. Evidence related to the arguments of classical economists that environmental regulation would cause a loss in productivity and those of revisionists who suggest that properly crafted regulations bring social goods and increased competitiveness spurred by innovation is analyzed without a definitive answer. Finally, interactions between global environmental protection, free-riding, and international trade are explored. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR