Greening the Americas NAFTA's Lessons for Hemispheric Trade

Name: Greening the Americas NAFTA's Lessons for Hemispheric Trade
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ISBN: 9780262042123

ISBN-10: 0262042126

ISBN-13: 9780262042123

Edition: 2002

Authors: Carolyn L. Deere, Daniel C. Esty

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Attention to environmental issues is vital if the full potential economic benefits of international trade are to be realized. Greening the Americasoffers a number of analytically rigorous proposals to ensure that economic integration in the Western Hemisphere proceeds in an environmentally sustainable and politically sensible manner. The chapters review the history of the environmental negotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), explore the treaty's economic and environmental impacts, and draw lessons that can be applied to the ongoing Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiations. Greening the Americasanalyzes in detail NAFTA's environmental elements,…

Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 9/9/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 398
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Trade and the Environment in the Americas: Overview of Key Issues


Lessons from the NAFTA Environmental Negotiations


A Mexican View on Trade and Environment


No Room for the Environment: The NAFTA Negotiations and the Mexican Perspective on Trade and the Environment


Mexico's NAFTA Trauma: Myth and Reality


Did Mexico Suffer Economically from the NAFTA's Environmental Provisions?


Negotiating the NAFTA: Political Lessons for the FTAA


Environmental Performance of the NAFTA


Industrial Pollution in Mexico: Did the NAFTA Matter?


Zea Mays: Effects of Trade Liberalization of Mexico's Corn Sector


An Investment Regime for the Americas: Challenges and Opportunities for Environmental Sustainability


The NAFTA's Environmental Provisions


Trade and Environment in the FTAA: Learning from the NAFTA


The North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation: Rowing Upstream


Limits to Cooperation: A Mexican Perspective on the NAFTA's Environmental Side Agreement and Institutions


Linking Trade and Environment in the Americas


The Environmental Characteristics of South American Exports


Trade and the Environment in the FTAA: A Chilean Perspective


A Latin American Agenda for a Trade and Environment Link in the FTAA


Civil Society and the Environment: An Environmentalist's Agenda for Sustainable Trade and Investment in the Americas


Sustainability and Hemispheric Integration: A Review of Existing Approaches


Trade and Environment: Reflections on the NAFTA and Recommendations for the Americas


Environmental Provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement


An Overview of the FTAA Process


App. C: Official Web Resources


List of Contributors


Index