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The GATT and Environmental Policy: An Analysis of Potential Conflicts and Policy Reforms

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  • Kerry Krutilla
  • Clare Breidenich

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The emergence of a worldwide environmental movement in the early 1960s accompanied an international expansion of economic activity and applied technology. The principal medium through which this expansion progressed was trade. In 1947, following World War II, a series of international agreements were negotiated to regularize international relations in finance, monetary policies, and trade. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was negotiated without anticipation of an international environmental movement and new policies at the national level that did not reflect, and might be inconsistent with, economic values. Conflict between policies for freedom of trade and environmental protection did not immediately emerge. With the adoption of numerous environmental protection measures in the United States and many other countries after 1969, the incompatibility of some trade and environmental policies became political issues. Trade policies are not confined to economic changes. Policy issues developing around the agreement and environmental protection are complex, and frequently involve technological issues, as in the Mexican tuna controversy discussed in this paper.

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  • Kerry Krutilla & Clare Breidenich, 1993. "The GATT and Environmental Policy: An Analysis of Potential Conflicts and Policy Reforms," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 12(3‐4), pages 211-225, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:12:y:1993:i:3-4:p:211-225
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1993.tb00561.x
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