The Effects of Domestic Environmental Policies on Patterns of World Trade: An Empirical Test

2001 ◽  
pp. 205-216
Author(s):  
James A. Tobey
Keyword(s):  
World Trade ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Environmental Policies

India—Certain Measures Relating to Solar Cells and Solar Modules

2017 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherzod Shadikhodjaev
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Energy Market ◽  
Trading System ◽  
Appellate Body ◽  
Multilateral Trading System ◽  
The World ◽  
International Obligations ◽  
Compliance Issue

In a proceeding that challenged the domestic content requirements (DCRs) of India's solar energy program, the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) upheld the panel determination that the Indian government's measures violated its international obligations. The decision offers new insights into certain exceptions for environmental policies under the multilateral trading system and elaborates on the relevance of other international legal regimes to the compliance issue under WTO law. Further, it has the potential to increase export opportunities of many countries in the Indian renewable energy market.

scholarly journals Bridging the Trade-Environment Divide

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 113-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel C Esty
Keyword(s):  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Environmental Kuznets Curve ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Kuznets Curve ◽  
Environmental Enforcement ◽  
Trade Measures ◽  
Transboundary Externalities

Perceived conflict between trade liberalization and environmental protection can be traced to a number of issues. Some tensions relate to the environmental Kuznets curve and whether economic growth yields environmental benefits. Other concerns arise from efforts to address transboundary externalities and disputes over the role of trade measures as an environmental enforcement tool. Another set of issues centers on the risk of a race-toward-the-bottom regulatory dynamic and the limits of legitimate comparative advantage. This paper argues that, in an ecologically and economically interdependent world, trade and environmental policies are inescapably linked as a matter of descriptive reality and normative necessity.

Explaining varying lobbying styles across the Atlantic: an empirical test of the cultural and institutional explanations

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel Hanegraaff ◽  
Arlo Poletti ◽  
Jan Beyers
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
World Trade Organization ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
The United States ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Observational Equivalence ◽  
The Us ◽  
United Nation ◽  
International Diplomatic Conferences

AbstractThere is consensus in the literature that policymaking in the United States (US) and Europe generates different lobbying styles. Two explanations for these differences have been developed so far. The first posits that distinct lobbying styles reflect differentpolitical cultures. The second attributes distinct lobbying styles to variation in theinstitutionalcontext in which lobbyists operate. Studies that have analysed lobbying within the US and Europe and assessed the relative importance of these arguments are problematic because both explanations are consistent with observed differences in lobbying style. In this article, we circumvent problems of observational equivalence by focussing on European and American lobbyists who are active in a similar institutional venue – that is, international diplomatic conferences. Relying on evidence collected at World Trade Organization Ministerial Conferences and United Nation Climate Summits, we tested the relevance of alternative explanations for the variation in lobbying styles between European and American lobbyists. Our results give robust support to the institutional argument.

scholarly journals The WTO as a Mechanism for Securing Market Access Property Rights: Implications for Global Labor and Environmental Issues

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 69-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Bagwell ◽  
Robert W Staiger
Keyword(s):  
Property Rights ◽  
World Trade Organization ◽  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Race To The Bottom ◽  
The World

Can the World Trade Organization (WTO) contribute to the attainment of sound labor and environmental policies? An answer requires an understanding of WTO rules. We argue that the purpose of WTO rules is to create a negotiating forum where governments can exchange secure market access commitments. From this perspective, we argue that supporters of sound trade, labor and environmental policies can benefit from a well-functioning WTO, because facilitating trade liberalization and preventing race-to-the-bottom/regulatory-chill problems go hand in hand, and each is accomplished by maintaining secure property rights over negotiated market access commitments.

scholarly journals Echoes of Our Past

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Rachelle Foss
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Human Impact ◽  
Social History ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Easter Island ◽  
Compelling Argument

This article is a brief overview of Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond. In his book, the author makes a comparative argument about the effect human impact on the environment has on the success or failure of a civilization. He examines past and current societies using case studies to discuss social history, social change, and environmental impact. The historical and scientific details packed into this book help to demystify ancient cultures including Easter Island, and his delivery invokes images of their lives. He solidifies his compelling argument by focusing on current world trade and environmental policies.

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