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NAFTA and Sustainable Development

History, Experience, and Prospects for Reform

Hoi L Kong editor L Kinvin Wroth editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:13th Dec '18

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This book assesses the current state of environmental protection under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), twenty years after ratification.

This book assesses the current state of environmental protection under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Authors from all three member nations - Canada, Mexico, and the United States - analyze the agreements' impact on such issues as bioengineered crops, water policy, climate change, and indigenous rights.The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and its companion agreement, the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC), provide important and often underappreciated protection for the environmental laws of the Party states: Canada, Mexico, and the United States. On the twentieth anniversary of NAFTA's ratification, this book assesses the current state of environmental protection under those agreements. Bringing together scholars, practitioners, and regulators from all three Party states, it outlines the scope and process of NAFTA and NAAEC, their impact on specific environmental issues, and paths to reform. It includes analyses of the impact of the agreements on such matters as bioengineered crops in Mexico, assessment of marine environmental effects, potential lessons for China, climate change, and indigenous rights. Together, the chapters of this book represent an important contribution to the global conversation concerning international trade agreements and sustainable development.

ISBN: 9781107482432

Dimensions: 226mm x 151mm x 21mm

Weight: 620g

430 pages