Environmental protection and international competitiveness: a conceptual framework

Article Abstract:

Inter-temporal cost-shifting or other market failures produce competitiveness issues when externalities compete with common resources, establishing the demand for government intervention. In such conditions, any competitive benefit gained must be seen as economically inefficient and destructive to the reliability of international trading system. With regards to environmental protection, an extensive range of policy approaches can be advanced to answer competitive concerns. Other well-developed strategies may lessen competitiveness tensions without reducing the opportunities that trade offers for countries to exploit their legitimate comparative benefits.

Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs, Environmental Programs, Analysis, Environmental aspects, Environmental policy, International competition (Commerce), International competition (Economics), Environmental protection

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The impact of accession to GATT on the trade-related policies of CIS countries: the case of Belarus

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Accession to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) would help Belarus in the transition to a market-based economy by requiring the newly independent state to identify and reform restrictive trade policies and reliance on trade with other nations of the former Soviet Union. Belarus would have to demonstrate that it no longer has a centrally planned economy and would need to explore international trade outside the Commonwealth of Independent States. Membership in GATT would primarily benefit Belarus, which already has most-favored-nation status, by providing additional remedies for trade restrictions.

International trade, Commonwealth of Independent States, Treaties, Former Soviet Union, Belarus, International economic integration, Economic integration

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Implementing national public health policies in the framework of WTO agrements

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Research investigating ways in which World Trade Organization agreements can affect the rights of the sovereign states to protect their public health policies is presented. Particular attention is given to ways of ensuring the implementation of public health strategies.

Health aspects, Public health, World Trade Organization

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