Agriculture, Trade, and the Environment

by Bredahl, Maury E.; Ballenger, Nicole; Dunmore, John C.; Roe, Terry L.

• ISBN13: 9780813388960
• ISBN10: 0813388961
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-05-09
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

A contentious issue in international relations today is the linkage of trade and the environment. Increased interest in this subject led to an environmental side-agreement to the North American Free Trade Agreement. In addition, the incorporation of environmental concerns into international trade rules will be one of the first items of business of the new World Trade Organization. Strong concerns over the impact of environmental regulations on international competitiveness ensure the ongoing debate a place at the top of the U.S. policy agenda as well.In this timely volume, an international group of economists, trade negotiators, and environmentalists brings diverse perspectives to bear on the nexus of trade and the environment. Providing a conceptual framework to help readers contextualize the debates, the contributors explore emerging political and economic connections between trade, international institutions, and the environment. They develop conceptual linkages among renewable resources, trade, and international goods, with consideration to both developed and developing economies. They then offer varying ways of measuring critical linkages, and, finally, they identify areas in need of further research.

Author Biography

Maury E. Bredahl is professor of agricultural economics and director of the Center for International Trade Expansion at the University of Missouri at Columbia. Nicole Ballenger is an economist with the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. John C. Dunmore is deputy director, Commercial Agriculture Division, ERS. Terry L. Roe is professor of applied economics, adjunct member of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, and codirector of the Economic Development Center at the University of Minnesota. Maury E. Bredahl is professor of agricultural economics and director of the Center for International Trade Expansion at the University of Missouri at Columbia. Nicole Ballenger is an economist with the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. John C. Dunmore is deputy director, Commercial Agriculture Division, ERS. Terry L. Roe is professor of applied economics, adjunct member of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, and codirector of the Economic Development Center at the University of Minnesota. Maury E. Bredahl is professor of agricultural economics and director of the Center for International Trade Expansion at the University of Missouri at Columbia. Nicole Ballenger is an economist with the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. John C. Dunmore is deputy director, Commercial Agriculture Division, ERS. Terry L. Roe is professor of applied economics, adjunct member of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, and codirector of the Economic Development Center at the University of Minnesota.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
Discovering the Critical Linkages: Trade, International Institutions and the Environment	p. 11
Trade and the Environment: Exploring the Critical Linkages	p. 13
Introduction	p. 13
Note	p. 22
Concluding Comment	p. 22
Trade and Environment: a Tale of Two Paradigms	p. 23
Notes	p. 36
References	p. 36
Gatt from the Trenches	p. 39
Competitiveness, Harmonization, and the Global Ecolonomy	p. 47
Notes	p. 56
Environmental Side Agreements: Will They Take Center Stage?	p. 59
Conclusions	p. 76
Notes	p. 76
References	p. 77
Discovering the Critical Linkages: Trade, Renewable Resources and International Environmental Goods	p. 79
International Dimensions of Environmental Policy	p. 81
Introduction	p. 81
Notes	p. 95
References	p. 95
Property Rights and the Dynamics of North-South Trade	p. 97
Conclusions	p. 106
Appendix	p. 107
References	p. 109
Environment, Welfare and Gains from Trade: a North-South Model in General Equilibrium	p. 111
Conclusions	p. 129
Appendix: Simulation Results for the Example Economy	p. 131
References	p. 135
Quantifying Trade and Environment Linkages Through Economywide Modeling	p. 137
Notes	p. 147
References	p. 148
Measuring the Critical Linkages	p. 149
On Measuring the Environmental Impact of Agricultural Trade Liberalization	p. 151
Introduction	p. 151
Conclusions	p. 169
References	p. 169
Empirical Foundations for Environment-Trade Linkages: Implications of an Andean Study	p. 173
References	p. 196
Environmental Policies in Europe and the Effect on the Balance of Trade	p. 199
Conclusions	p. 212
References	p. 212
Environmental Regulation and the Competitiveness of U.S. Agriculture	p. 215
Summary	p. 228
References	p. 229
Trade Implication of the Eu Nitrate Directive: an Emerging Research Priority	p. 231
Conclusions	p. 241
References	p. 241
Notes	p. 241
International Environmental Indicators: Trade, Income, and Endowments	p. 243
Notes	p. 276
Key Questions and Research Needs	p. 279
Key Questions	p. 281
Introduction	p. 281
Notes	p. 292
References	p. 293
Research Needs	p. 295
Note	p. 299
References	p. 299
Reflections on Research Needs	p. 301
About the Contributors and Editors	p. 309
About the Book	p. 311
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