The effects of international trade on the planet's climate and environment are manifold and complex. This makes assessment of the impact of free trade agreements (FTAs) a delicate matter. This study provides an overview of the development of sustainability chapters in FTAs and discusses their...

In 2010, after several years of being stalled, negotiations between MERCOSUR (the Common Market of the Southern Cone) and the European Union (EU) to build a free-trade agreement (FTA) were resumed. This FTA is expected to have an important impact on MERCOSUR economies, especially if both blocs...

The trade-sustainable impact assessment of the European Union-Mercosur trade agreement found that the economic impact of the trade liberalization scenario could be positive in the agriculture sector of Mercosur countries. However, it also found that the social and environmental impacts would be...