Environment and Trade

Trade and Environment at the OECD: Key issues since 1991

04-Nov-2008

This paper provides an overview of work on trade and environment in the OECD since 1991 and summarises the main conclusions and policy recommendations arising from that work.

Checklist for Negotiators of Environmental Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements.

04-Nov-2008

This document provides a checklist on environmental issues for negotiators of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in order to provide guidance to countries wishing to include environmental provisions in RTAs.

Business perceptions of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) facing trade in selected environmental goods and associated services Part II: Findings of ten country cases

19-Sep-2007

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper 2007-02 Part I&II. This report documents the incidence, and impact of, non-tariff measures that are perceived to act as barriers to trade in seven sectors of environmental goods and associated services.

Issues of dual use and reviewing product coverage of environmental goods

13-Apr-2007

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2007-01.  This paper addresses two of the key challenges in the on-going negotiations on environmental goods:  dual and multiple use of environmental goods; and a review process of product coverage.

Regional trade agreements and environment

11-Apr-2007

This report provides an overview of approaches to environmental issues in regional trade agreements and summarises countries' experience in the negotiation and implementation of relevant provisions.

Benefits from the liberalisation of environmental goods and services, Case study: Israel

23-Oct-2006

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2004-06.  This study examines the growing market for environmental goods and services in Israel.

Benefits from the liberalisation of trade in environmental goods and services, Case study: Chile

21-Sep-2006

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2004-05. Analyses major determinants of change in the Chilean market for environmental goods and services and how they have affected trade in environmental goods and services with a particular focus on water services and air pollution control.

Benefits from the liberalisation of trade in environmental goods and services, Case study: Czech Republic

28-Aug-2006

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2004-01. This study analyses the development of trade in environmental goods and services in Czech Republic and the impact of its liberalization on the country.

Benefits from the liberalisation of trade in environmental goods and services, Case study: Korea

28-Aug-2006

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2004-03.  Korea began actively promoting its environmental technologies in the early 1990s when the government identified environmental goods and services (EG&S) as one of several strategic national industries.  This study looks at the situation in the Republic of Korea. 

Benefits from the liberalisation of trade in environmental goods and services, Case study: Brazil

28-Aug-2006

This study discusses the impact of liberalizing trade in environmental goods and services in Brazil. OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2004-04.