Regional Trade agreements (RTAs), which comprises of bilateral and plurilateral trade agreements, free trade agreements, economic partnerships and other arrangements aiming at trade liberalisation between countries, have grown substantially over the last decade. Countries increasingly use these trade agreements to co-operate on environmental matters by including environmental provisions in RTAs.
A number of annual updates were developed from 2007 to 2013 to track the development of environmental provisions in RTAs. A series of analytical reports are released and includes “a checklist for negotiators”, “framework for evaluation” and “trends and policy drivers” on environmental provisions in RTAs.
The 2007 flagship publication “Environment and Regional Trade Agreements” describes the state of the art for environmental provisions, side agreements and co-operation agreements linked to RTAs. Since 2005, the OECD work on Regional Trade Agreement and the environment is carried out by the Joint Working Party on Trade and Environment (JWPTE).
This work is also accompanied by periodic workshops by several workshops for government officials and other experts on RTAs and the environment.
focus
WORKshops
OECD Workshop on Regional Trade Agreements and the Environment Santiago, Chile, 2018 |
Paris, France, 2016 |
OECD Regional Workshop on Regional Trade Agreement Hanoi, Viet Nam, 2014 / Summary Report |
Other workshops
Flagship publication: annual updates
Reports on the OECD Environment and Regional Trade Agreements: |
Analytical reports: oecd trade and environment working papers
Checklist for Negotiators
Framework for Evaluation
Emerging Trends and Policy Drivers
OECD PROGRAMMES
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