Trade and Environment in the Americas: The effectiveness of the environmental safeguards in CAFTA and in Free Trade Agreements between the United States and Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Panama, depends on adequate implementation and funding of the oversight and enforcement mechanisms and of the...

To what extent are there trade impediments to the transfer and adoption of environmental goods and services? How can these be addressed by global trade negotiations? What is the role of complementary measures in order to ensure "win-win" benefits -- that is promoting both environmental...