EU trade and climate policy linkages: potentials in times of repositioning

Abstract: The European Union (EU) was instrumental in successfully negotiating the Paris Agreement in 2015 and is now seeking a rapid international implementation. To this end, climate policy should be brought into line with as many foreign policies as possible, including trade policy. Free trade in environmental goods or the application of national emission standards to traded goods can accelerate climate protection globally. The legal support for this agenda through the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its dispute settlement bodies will merely be a longer-term option. Therefore, the EU and its member states should engage on two fronts in particular. Firstly, the fora of the United Nations (UN) and the WTO should make the links between the two policy areas even more transparent. Secondly, the EU can operationalise its regional free trade agreements as a lever to push for the implementation of climate policies in its partner countries. In particular, the EU should review existing trade agr

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource, 8 S.
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet

Erschienen in
SWP Comment ; Bd. 16/2018

Klassifikation
Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Berlin
(wann)
2018
Urheber
Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-57404-2
Rechteinformation
Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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