We explore the relationship between Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and environmental policy, and the implications of negotiating environmental policy in trade agreements. Without the inclusion of domestic instrument restrictions, countries can alter environmental policy in order to influence the...

Following the failure of multilateral trade negotiations at the Cancun meeting and the Doha Round, developing countries have pursued an alternative in so-called "south-south" trade agreements. Since these agreements lead to trade diversion from efficient north (developed) countries to less...