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Trade and environment: What can we learn from trade policy reviews?

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  • Lim, Aik Hoe
  • Mathur, Sajal
  • Suk, Gowoon

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In order to ensure transparency and to keep abreast of trade policies in support of sustainability, the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) mandated the WTO Secretariat to compile and collate all environment-related measures notified to WTO. The database also includes environment-related entries found in Trade Policy Reviews (TPRs). This information, which is updated annually, is contained in the WTO Environmental Database (www.wto.org/edb). It has nearly 11,500 measures drawn from WTO notifications and over 7,800 trade policy review entries. By analysing the trade policy review entries over time, we can better understand how the relationship between trade and environment is evolving in Members' trade policies, the relevant sectors involved, and the types of instruments which are most frequently used to pursue environmental objectives.

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  • Lim, Aik Hoe & Mathur, Sajal & Suk, Gowoon, 2020. "Trade and environment: What can we learn from trade policy reviews?," WTO Staff Working Papers ERSD-2020-06, World Trade Organization (WTO), Economic Research and Statistics Division.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:wtowps:ersd202006
    DOI: 10.30875/e4cb3fa0-en
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    1. Steinfatt, Karsten, 2020. "Trade policies for a circular economy: What can we learn from WTO experience?," WTO Staff Working Papers ERSD-2020-10, World Trade Organization (WTO), Economic Research and Statistics Division.

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    Keywords

    Agriculture; Circular Economy; Climate; Energy; Environment; Environment and Trade; Fisheries; Forestry; International Trade; Policy Making; Trade; Trade Policy; Services; Waste; Wildlife; WTO;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F18 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Environment
    • F42 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - International Policy Coordination and Transmission
    • F64 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Environment
    • F68 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Policy
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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