Trade and Environment A Study of India's Leather Exports

by Sankar, U.

• ISBN13: 9780195683950
• ISBN10: 0195683951
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-14
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book is the first and only comparative analysis of environment and trade issues, at both theoretical and policy level, in leather and leather products in India. It deals with the linkages between trade and environment and the problems developing coun

Table of Contents

Trade and environment : linkages and policy issues	p. 6
Global environmental requirements	p. 34
Global leather industry supply chain : temporal and cross-country changes	p. 62
Trade liberalization and environmental protection : leather industry responses in Brazil, China, and Italy	p. 84
The Indian leather industry supply chain	p. 103
Preparedeness of the Indian leather industry with respect to domestic and global environmental requirements	p. 119
India's exports of leather and leather products : trade policy and composition and direction of trade	p. 137
Perceptions of Indian leather exporters to environmental requirements and transaction costs	p. 165
Growth prospects for exports of Indian leather and leather products : what needs to be done?	p. 175
Tanning technology : current status, desirable improvements, and best available technologies	p. 224
Domestic environmental requirements in India's major competitors : China, Indonesia, Thailand, and Pakistan	p. 284
Questionnaire for leather products manufacturers	p. 292
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