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supply to Vancouver, the CO2 emission was estimated to be about 7 times higher for tomatoes grown in local greenhouses than …
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The current debate on trade liberalization is accompanied by an increased concern about environmental and food safety issues leading to frictions of different country groups under the World Trade Organization (WTO). This discussion paper aims at shedding more light on some of the issues in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012145574
Why do some countries establish their own national eco-labeling programs and some do not? In this paper, we provide both theoretical arguments and empirical evidence suggesting that the answer to this question can shed new light on three questions that have taken center-stage in the trade and...
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The current debate on trade liberalization is accompanied by an increased concern about environmental and food safety issues leading to frictions of different country groups under the World Trade Organization (WTO). This discussion paper aims at shedding more light on some of the issues in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323643
Why do some countries establish their own national eco-labeling programs and some do not? In this paper, we provide both theoretical arguments and empirical evidence suggesting that the answer to this question can shed new light on three questions that have taken center-stage in the trade and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323644
Trading schemes for emission allowances have become a panacea for nations aspiring toreduce their aggregate emissions … savingsrealised through trading in the market for emission allowances. However, the papershows that not all installations can fully … installations on a downstream level.The paper uses data from EU ETS to empirically determine optimal coverage for selectedsectors …
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Trading schemes for emission allowances have become a panacea for nations aspiring to reduce their aggregate emissions … savings realised through trading in the market for emission allowances. However, the paper shows that not all installations … coverage of installations on a downstream level. The paper uses data from EU ETS to empirically determine optimal coverage for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005338420
Many trade and environment issues will confront agriculture over the next several years. This report provides an economic framework to better understand these issues and discusses prior empirical inquiries and findings. Four primary issues are addressed: (1) how will environmental policies...
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EU agricultural products are examined by tariff lines at eight digit level to reveal the sensitive agricultural … products in the EU after further tariff reductions in the Doha Round. These products are butter, skim milk powder, beef meat … the various modelling approaches in identifying the sensitive agricultural products of the EU. The spreadsheet projection …
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The objective of this paper is to explore the implications of domestic policy reforms and trade liberalisation on EU … removal of export subsidies and tariff reductions according to the proposals from the EU and the US in the WTO would decrease … EU's production, reduce EU's exports, and increase EU's imports in almost all the examined agricultural products. For …
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