WTO negotiations on environmental goods and services
Subtitle: a potential contribution to the Millennium Development Goals
By: Thomas Cottier
Contributors: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Publisher: United Nations
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York; Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 41
Subjects: Environmental protection; International trade; Commercial policy; Poverty; Economic assistance
Description: This paper seeks to develop alternative avenues and methods for the conduct of future negotiations in the global environmental industry. It suggests establishing strong linkages between the UN Millennium Development Goals and Environmental Goods and Services negotiations. The linkage leads to the method of Environmental Area Initiatives (EAI) as an alternative approach. The paper examines water services as an illustration of the linkage between accomplishing trade objectives and the attainment of pertinent MDGs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 40-41)
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Setting the stage; title: 3. Concept of listing environmental goods for tariff reductions or elimination; title: 4. Concept of environmental projects and the integrated approach; title: 5. Legal analysis of the environmental projects approach concept; title: 6. Linkages with other WTO topics; title: 7. Towards a non-discriminatory approach based upon defined environmental areas; title: 8. Access to water: an illustration of linking environmental goods and services negotiations to Millennium Development Goals; title: 9. Conclusions.