Improved market access at the expense of the environment? The environmental risks of the NAMA negotiations at the WTO

Though most global trade is in 'non-agricultural goods', there is little academic research on the impacts of the Non Agricultural Market Access (NAMA) negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO). NAMA is crucial to the current 'Round' of negotiations at the WTO and has pot...

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Published inEnvironmental politics Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 113 - 123
Main Authors Mittler, Daniel, Knirsch, Jurgen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis 01.02.2007
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Research
Dues and fees
Environment
Environmental effects
Environmental Protection
Environmental risk
Expenditures
Free trade
Industrial goods
International Organizations
International Trade
Liberalization
Market access
Market entry
Nama
Negotiation
Negotiations
Non-agricultural goods
Risk
Risk factors
Trade
Trade negotiations
World Trade Organization
WTO
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Summary:Though most global trade is in 'non-agricultural goods', there is little academic research on the impacts of the Non Agricultural Market Access (NAMA) negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO). NAMA is crucial to the current 'Round' of negotiations at the WTO and has potentially far reaching consequences. Nonetheless, these negotiations remain little known. This article explains the breadth of sectors that will be impacted by freer trade in non-agricultural goods and gives an overview of some potential environmental consequences of the NAMA talks. It shows a number of pitfalls in the NAMA liberalization logic and the urgent need for further research.
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ISSN:0964-4016
1743-8934
DOI:10.1080/09644010601074018