The idea that environmental and trade policies should be formulated in an integrated framework has been gaining momentum so that to ensure the integrity and consistency of climate change negotiations. In a complementary way to the negotiations within the United Nations Framework Convention for...

The paper analyses industrial competitiveness policies adopted in Brazil from 1995 to 2000 and compares them to previous economic measures and instruments related to the theme. A number of changes over previous policies were identified, such as: a) the agenda of competitiveness policies is...