Environment and Regional Trade Agreements: Emerging Trends and Policy Drivers
Environment and Regional Trade Agreements: Emerging Trends and Policy Drivers
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环境和区域贸易协定：新兴趋势和政策驱动因素
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2014
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C. George
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C. George
本报告审查了在区域贸易协定中使用环境条款的趋势，并查明了可能解释这些条款存在或不存在的因素。该报告以经合组织贸易与环境联合工作组（JWPTE）的工作为基础，并包括对代表的非正式调查结果。对区域贸易协定环境条款的分析显示出令人鼓舞的上升趋势。虽然基本条款仍然是区域贸易协定中最常见的类型，但近年来较实质性条款的发生率大大增加。其中，环境合作是最常见的类型。可能有几个因素促成了这种演变。这包括各国扩大其区域贸易协定的政治任务，例如列入遵守多边环境协定的规定，以及在使用环境规定方面普遍积累经验。
This report examines trends in the use of environmental provisions in Regional Trade Agreements and identifies factors which may explain the presence or absence of these provisions. The report builds on work of the OECD Joint Working Party on Trade and Environment (JWPTE) and includes results of an informal survey of delegates. Analysis of the environmental provisions in RTAs reveals an encouraging upward trend. While basic provisions remain the most common types found in RTAs, the incidence of more substantive provisions has increased significantly in recent years. Among these, environmental co-operation has been the most common type. Several factors may have contributed to this evolution. These include countries extending their political mandates for RTAs, for example to include provisions for compliance with multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), as well as a general accumulation of experience with the use of environmental provisions.