New Directions : Environment, Labour and the International Trade Agenda

The worldwide trade and payments system is becoming increasingly competitive, a trend which presents certain opportunities and challenges for Canada's trade-dependent economy. This book is a collection of five papers prepared by the Policy Staff of Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. They address the impact that environmental and labour relations practices have had on trade policy in recent years. New Directions widens the debate surrounding these issues and offers both balanced views and an invitation to readers to reflect themselves on the issues in play. The worldwide trade and payments system is becoming increasingly international and competitive, a trend that presents opportunities and challenges for Canada's trade-dependent economy. This book is a collection of five papers - prepared by the Policy Staff of Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade - which concern the impact that environmental and labour relations practices have had on trade policy in recent years. New Directions expands the debate about these issues by offering balanced answers to questions while inviting readers to reflect more knowledgeably on the issues in play Cover Title Copyright Table of Contents Foreword Preface I. Trade and the Environment: Dialogue of the Deaf or Scope for Cooperation? II. Stacking the Deck: Compliance and Dispute Settlement in International Environmental Agreements III. Pandora's Box?: Countervailing Duties and the Environment IV. Dangerous Liaisons: The World Trade Organization and the Environmental Agenda V. The New Jerusalem: Globalization, Trade Liberalization and Some Implications for Canadian Labour Policy Annex: List of Policy Staff Publications