Greening regional trade agreements on non-tariff measures through technical barriers to trade and regulatory co-operation

Christophe Bellmann and Colette van der Ven

No 2020/04, OECD Trade and Environment Working Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: This report explores how regional trade agreements (RTAs) can serve as a vehicle to reflect environmental objectives in chapters and articles dealing with technical barriers to trade and regulatory co-operation. In particular, the analysis builds upon examples from seven recent RTAs that aim at deep economic integration, and explores ways to further incorporate environmental objectives. The report identifies a range of options to reconcile economic and environmental objectives, related to areas of technical barriers to trade and regulatory co-operation, by incorporating environmental considerations as overarching principles, provisions on regulatory impact assessments and ex post evaluations, non-regression clauses, and dedicated chapters and sectoral annexes.

JEL-codes: F13 F18 Q56 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-12-22
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