The ‘Greening’ of Trade Agreements: Environmental ‘Window Dressing’ and NAFTA

John J. Audley

Chapter 22 in North American Free Trade Agreement, 1993, pp 252-268 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Historically the public debate surrounding trade policy has boiled down to a discussion about jobs. Trade advocates have argued that increased trade in U.S. goods creates jobs for U.S. workers. Organized labor has argued that trade agreements pit higher-paid U.S. workers against lower-paid workers from developing countries. The resulting trade policy has been based less upon available statistical evidence than on the ability of interest groups to influence the political process surrounding negotiations.

Keywords: Trade Policy; Trade Agreement; Fast Track; North American Free Trade Agreement; Uruguay Round (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-22976-5_22

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