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This 3 page paper argues the position that liberalizing trade does not necessarily compromise environmental concerns. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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necessarily conflict with moral environmental policies, nor does it have to be seen as conflicting with them. Discussion The World Trade Organization (WTO) released a report in 1999 that discussed
the relationship between trade and environment. Among its findings it states that "there is no basis for the sweeping generalizations that are often heard in the public debate, arguing that
trade is either good for the environment, or bad for the environment. The real world linkages are a little bit of both, or a shade of grey" (Trade liberalization reinforces
the need for environmental cooperation, 1999-hereafter "Trade liberalization, 1999"). The report says that the outcome can be a "win-win" for both environmental and trade concerns if polices are put in
place that are well designed (Trade liberalization, 1999). Some of the findings of the report include the fact that trade is rarely the "root cause of environmental degradation"; instead,
it is the result of "polluting production processes, certain kinds of consumption and the disposal of waste products" (Trade liberalization, 1999). Some of the degradation occurs when consumers and producers
are not required to pay for the problems they cause; and sometimes it is the result of policy failures, "including subsidies to polluting and resource-degrading activities - such as subsidies
to agriculture, fishing and energy" (Trade liberalization, 1999). The WHO argues that trade would "unambiguously raise welfare if proper environmental policies were in place," since barriers to trade "generally make
for poor environmental policy" (Trade liberalization, 1999). The WTO also argues that environmental standards should not necessarily be the same across all nations, and that a firm with a "good
environmental profile" often does better in the international marketplace than one with a poor record, even though such companies often have higher production costs than others that do not meet
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