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Overview"The interaction of international trade and the environment has been a topic of debate since the early 1990s. Many environmentalists complain that trade liberalization can run roughshod over efforts to control pollution and manage natural resources, advocates of free trade see green groups as protectionist. Arguing that attention to environmental issues is vital for realizing the potential economic benefits of international trade, this book offers an environmental agenda for the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) that aims to ensure that economic integration in the Western Hemisphere proceeds in an environmentally sustainable and politically sensible manner. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) attempted to address environmental concerns both in its text and through a ""parallel agreement"", the North American Agreement for Environmental Cooperation. ""Greening the Americas"" reviews the history of NAFTA's environmental negotiations and explores the treaty's economic and environmental impact, drawing lessons that can be applied to the ongoing FTAA negotiations. It critiques the environmental elements of the NAFTA model and examines their relevance to Latin America, highlighting those elements that should be included in future agreements and those that should be dropped. In particular, it explores Latin American countries' resistance to the linkage of trade and the environment and their resentment of the perceived heavy-handedness of the United States in NAFTA environmental negotiations." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Carolyn L. Deere , Daniel C. Esty , José María Figueres-OlsenPublisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.535kg ISBN: 9780262541381ISBN 10: 0262541386 Pages: 398 Publication Date: 30 August 2002 Recommended Age: From 18 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThis book digs in to the difficult issue of how to address environmental issues in the context of trade liberalization. The book's authors seek to understand the lessons from the NAFTA and to apply them to hemisphere-wide efforts to promote freer trade. --Jaime Serra Puche, former Mexican Trade Minister and Chief NAFTA negotiator Author InformationCarolyn L. Deere is Assistant Director of the Global Inclusion Theme of the Rockefeller Foundation. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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