Author: Aaron Cosbey / Topic: International Trade and Finance

Author:: Aaron Cosbey and Richard Tarasofsky
Publication Date:: 06-2007
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Chatham House
Abstract:: This report considers the implications of the Kyoto Protocol on competitiveness and addresses the WTO-compatibility of measures to offset competitive losses. From the outset the Kyoto Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change have had to contend with perceived tension between effective action to slow climate change and maintenance of competitiveness. This report explores the nature of the concerns over competitiveness, trying to dissect them in a meaningful way and assess the need for concern. It employs a definition of competitiveness that applies as between firms, as opposed to any general notion of the competitiveness of nations.
Topic:: Climate Change, International Trade and Finance, Treaties and Agreements, and United Nations

Author:: Aaron Cosbey
Publication Date:: 04-2000
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: The North-South Center, University of Miami
Abstract:: This paper surveys some of the key trade-sustainable development issues likely to be addressed in the coming years at the multilateral level that may have implications for the Americas. The study looks further to opportunities and threats at the domestic level and recommends a number of ways in which sustainable development might be advanced, striving to achieve environmental improvement and improved development prospects North and South. Whether in the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), or other similar forums, these are the types of solutions that will pass the acid test of political acceptability.
Topic:: Environment, International Organization, and International Trade and Finance
Political Geography:: America

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