Examination of the environmental consequences of trade regimes in Latin America

Since the 1990s, Latin America has experienced an expansion of trade and investment regimes that suggest important challenges for environmental management. Th is document argues that, in order to favour export oriented sectors and attract foreign investment, these trade regimes may: i) Infl uence en...

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Autor principal: Diego Alejandro Martínez Ballesteros
Formato: Artículo científico
Publicado: Universidad Externado de Colombia 2009
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Acceso en línea:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=67515007011
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=co/co-011&d=67515007011oai
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topic Política
Regimes
trade
investment
environment
environmental policy
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Mercosur
spellingShingle Política
Regimes
trade
investment
environment
environmental policy
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Mercosur
Diego Alejandro Martínez Ballesteros
Examination of the environmental consequences of trade regimes in Latin America
topic_facet Política
Regimes
trade
investment
environment
environmental policy
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Mercosur
description Since the 1990s, Latin America has experienced an expansion of trade and investment regimes that suggest important challenges for environmental management. Th is document argues that, in order to favour export oriented sectors and attract foreign investment, these trade regimes may: i) Infl uence environmental management to refl ect the needs of the trade community; ii) Superimpose investment rights and protection measures upon public environmental concerns and national environmental laws; iii) Erode the capacity of governments and the willingness of decision-makers to approach key environmental problems that result from trade and investment activities. Th e representative cases of NAFTA and Mercosur are analysed.
format Artículo científico
Artículo científico
author Diego Alejandro Martínez Ballesteros
author_facet Diego Alejandro Martínez Ballesteros
author_sort Diego Alejandro Martínez Ballesteros
title Examination of the environmental consequences of trade regimes in Latin America
title_short Examination of the environmental consequences of trade regimes in Latin America
title_full Examination of the environmental consequences of trade regimes in Latin America
title_fullStr Examination of the environmental consequences of trade regimes in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Examination of the environmental consequences of trade regimes in Latin America
title_sort examination of the environmental consequences of trade regimes in latin america
publisher Universidad Externado de Colombia
publishDate 2009
url http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=67515007011
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=co/co-011&d=67515007011oai
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