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  • The Trade and Environment Nexus: Proposing a Broad Universal Definition of Environmental Services

    Publication
    Journal of International Economic Law
    Authors
    Nicolette Butler, Jasem Tarawneh
    Year
    2024
    Trade Services
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  • The Trade and Climate Change Nexus The Urgency and Opportunities for Developing Countries

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    World Bank Group
    Authors
    Paul Brenton , Vicky Chemutai
    Year
    2021
    Trade Goods Services Developing
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  • Non-Tariff Barriers Facing Trade in Selected Environmental Goods and Associated Services

    Publication
    Journal of World Trade Law
    Authors
    Barbera Fleiss, Joy Kim
    Year
    2008
    Trade Goods Services
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  • Liberalizing Trade in Environmental Goods and Services

    Publication
    Environmental Economics and Policy Studies
    Authors
    Bouwe Dijkstra, Anuj Mathew
    Year
    2016
    Trade Goods Services
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  • Environmental Goods Agreement: a New Frontier Or Old Stalemate?

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    Report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies
    Authors
    William Reinsch, Emily Benson, Catherine Puga
    Year
    2021
    Trade Goods
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  • Building Our Evidence Base Around Environmental Goods

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    WTO Communication
    Authors
    United Kingdom
    Year
    2023
    Trade Goods Tessd Wto
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The Trade and Environment Nexus: Proposing a Broad Universal Definition of Environmental Services

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Journal of International Economic Law
Authors
Nicolette Butler, Jasem Tarawneh
Year
2024
Trade Services
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The Trade and Climate Change Nexus The Urgency and Opportunities for Developing Countries

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World Bank Group
Authors
Paul Brenton , Vicky Chemutai
Year
2021
Trade Goods Services Developing
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Non-Tariff Barriers Facing Trade in Selected Environmental Goods and Associated Services

Publication
Journal of World Trade Law
Authors
Barbera Fleiss, Joy Kim
Year
2008
Trade Goods Services
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Liberalizing Trade in Environmental Goods and Services

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Environmental Economics and Policy Studies
Authors
Bouwe Dijkstra, Anuj Mathew
Year
2016
Trade Goods Services
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Environmental Goods Agreement: a New Frontier Or Old Stalemate?

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Report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Authors
William Reinsch, Emily Benson, Catherine Puga
Year
2021
Trade Goods
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Building Our Evidence Base Around Environmental Goods

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WTO Communication
Authors
United Kingdom
Year
2023
Trade Goods Tessd Wto
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Liberalisation of Environmental Goods and Services and Climate Change

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Hamburg Institute of International Economics Discussion Paper Series
Authors
Patricia Iturregui, Michael Dutschke
Year
2005
Trade Goods Services
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Incorporating environmental provisions in regional trade agreements in chapters and articles dealing with trade in services

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OECD Trade and Environment Working Papers
Authors
Christophe Bellmann, Alena Bulatnikova
Year
2022
Trade Goods Services Ftas
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Environmental Services in the APEC region: definition, challenges and opportunities

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APEC Group on Services
Authors
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, Ronald Steenblik
Year
2021
Trade Services Apex
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Environmental goods and services: the environmental area initiative approach and climate change

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Thomas Cottier, Olga Nartova and Sadeq Bigdeli (eds), International Trade Regulation and the Mitigation of Climate Change (Cambridge University Press, 2009),
Authors
Thomas Cottier, Donah Baracol-Pinhão
Year
2009
Trade Goods Services
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End-of-pipe technology [definition]

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European Environment Agency
Authors
European Environment Agency
Year
2024
Trade Goods Services
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Trade in Environmental Goods, with Focus on Climate-Friendly Goods and Technologies

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Geert van Calster and Denise Prevost (eds), Research Handbook on Environment, Health and the WTO (2013, Edward Elgar)
Authors
Zhong Xiang Zhang
Year
2013
Trade Goods
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Barriers to Trade in Evironmental Goods and Environmental Services: How Important are They? How Much Progress at Reducing Them?

Publication
FEEM Working Paper
Authors
Jaime de Melo, Mariana Vijil
Year
2014
Trade Goods Services
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Trade in Services Relating to the Environment

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OECD Trade and Environment Working Papers
Authors
Jehan Sauvage, Christina Timilotis
Year
2017
Trade Services
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Report on the HS symposia series on "Visualising a greener HS

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World Customs Organization (WCO)
Authors
World Customs Organization (WCO)
Year
2023
Customs Harmonised System International Cooperation Goods Transparency Trade Agreements
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Environmental Goods and Services in Trade: Building a new assessment framework and an EGS list–case study Finland

Publication
Julkaisut Valtioneuvosto
Authors
Tapio Reinikainen, Ville Kaitila, Nathalia Kuosmanen
Year
2024
Trade Goods Goods List Harmonised System International Cooperation Services Trade In Services
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Code shift: The environmental significance of the 2022 amendments to the harmonized system

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The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Authors
Ronald Steenblik
Year
2020
Harmonised System Environmental Sustainability Customs Goods Trade In Goods Transparency Goods
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Leveraging Trade in Environmental goods and Services to tackle Climate Change

Publication
World Trade Report 2022
Authors
World Trade Organization
Year
2022
Goods Services Climate Change Trade Facilitation Trade Barriers Non-tariff Measures Trade Policy
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OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY Technical paper by the United Kingdom on TEESD

Publication
World Trade Organization
Authors
TRADE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY STRUCTURED DISCUSSIONS (TESSD)
Year
2023
Electricity, Environmental Services, Goods, Harmoised System, Renewable Energy, Services, Tariff Measures, Tariffs, Technology, Trade In Goods, Trade In Services, Wind Energy
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Addendum OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY Technical paper by the United Kingdom on TEESD

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World Trade Organization
Authors
TRADE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY STRUCTURED DISCUSSIONS (TESSD)
Year
2024
Electricity, Goods, Harmoised System, Renewable Energy, Tariff Measures, Tariffs, Technology, Trade In Goods, Trade In Services, Wind Energy Trade Liberalisation
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Greening regional trade agreements on non-tariff measures through technical barriers to trade and regulatory co-operation

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OECD Publishing
Authors
Christophe Bellmann, Colette van der Ven
Year
2020
Goods Trade Agreements Technical Barriers To Trade International Cooperation
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Doha Ministerial Declaration Text

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Doha Ministerial Declaration Text
Authors
World Trade Organization
Year
2001
Ministerial Meeting, Ministerial Declaration International Cooperation Tariffs
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FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

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Authors
New Zealand and the United Kingdom
Year
2022
Trade Agreements Trade In Goods Goods International Cooperation
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SINGAPORE-AUSTRALIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (SAFTA)

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Authors
Singapore- Australia
Year
2003
Trade Agreements Trade In Goods Goods International Cooperation
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Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability ACCTS

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Authors
New Zealand, Switzerland, Iceland, Costa Rica
Year
2024
Trade Agreements Trade In Goods Goods International Cooperation
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APEC list of environmental goods

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Authors
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Year
2012
Goods Ministerial Document Sustainable Development Tariffs Tariff Measures
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G7 Communique 2024

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Authors
G7
Year
2024
Suistanable Development Ministerial Declarations Ministerial Document Climate Change Goods
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Modules: Technical Paper by the United Kingdom

Publication
World Trade Organization
Authors
UK Department for Business and Trade
Year
2024
Goods Services Tariff Measures Tariffs Technical Barriers To Trade
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Environmental Goods and Services for Climate Adaptation in the Water Sector: A UK Perspective

Publication
World Trade Organization
Authors
UK Department for Business and Trade
Year
2025
Goods Non-tariff Measures Standards Tariff Measures Technical Barriers To Trade Trade Barriers Trade In Goods Trade Liberalisation Water Supply
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“Environmental Goods: A Comparison of the APEC and OECD Lists”

Publication
OECD Publishing
Authors
Ronald Steenblik
Year
2005
Goods Services Tariffs International Cooperation Trade Liberalisation Trade In Goods
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“Trade in services related to the environment”

Publication
OECD Publishing
Authors
Jehan Sauvage, Christina Timiliotis
Year
2017
Trade Sustainable Agriculture Agriculture International Trade Services Water Supply
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“Issues of Dual Use and Reviewing Product Coverage of Environmental Goods”

Publication
OECD Publishing
Authors
Joy A. Kim
Year
2007
Goods Agricultural Development Trade Technology Transfer Sustainable Agriculture
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“Liberalising Trade in 'Environmental Goods': Some Practical Considerations”

Publication
OECD Publishing
Authors
Ronald Steenblik
Year
2002
International Trade Sustainable Agriculture Supply And Demand Goods Services Harmonized System Tariff Lines
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“Liberalisation of Trade in Renewable-Energy Products and Associated Goods: Charcoal, Solar Photovoltaic Systems, and Wind Pumps and Turbines”

Publication
OECD Publishing
Authors
Ronald Steenblik
Year
2005
Trade Sustainable Agriculture International Trade Renewable Energy Goods Wind Energy Tariffs Electricity
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Promoting and Facilitating Trade in Environmental Goods and Services: Lessons From Regional Trade Agreements

Publication
Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS)
Authors
Christophe Bellmann, Mahesh Sugathan
Year
2002
Circular Economy Goods Services Suistainable Development Pollution Control Technology
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Trade in Environmental Goods and Services and Sustainable Development - Domestic Considerations and Strategies for WTO Negotiations

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ICTSD Environmental Goods and Services Series, Policy Discussion Paper, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
Authors
Edmundo Claro, Nicolas Lucas, Mahesh Sugathan
Year
2007
Goods Services Sustainable Development International Trade Tariffs Non-tariff Measures
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WTO Services Sectoral Classification List

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Authors
WTO
Year
Services Climate Change
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CPC Provisional List

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Authors
United Nations
Year
Services Climate Change
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CPC 2.1

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Authors
United Nations
Year
Services Climate Change
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Policy Landscape of Trade in Environmental Goods and Services

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ARTNeT Working Paper Series, No 166
Authors
Arun Jacob, Anders Møller
Year
2017
Services Climate Change
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Environmental Services

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WTO Document S/CSS/W/25
Authors
US
Year
2000
Services Climate Change
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GATS 2000: Environmental Services

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WTO Document S/CSS/W/38
Authors
European Communities
Year
2000
Services Climate Change
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Initial negotiating proposal on Environmental Service

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WTO Document S/CSS/W/51
Authors
Canada
Year
2001
Services Climate Change
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Negotiating proposal for Environmental Services

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WTO Document S/CSS/W/112
Authors
Australia
Year
2001
Services Climate Change
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Negotiating proposal on Environmental Services

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WTO Document S/CSS/W/142
Authors
Cuba
Year
2002
Services Climate Change
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Exploratory discussions on market access: environmental services

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WTO Document JOB/SERV/299/Rev.4
Authors
UK, Australia, Canada
Year
2022
Services Climate Change
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Ministerial Statement On Trade and Environmental Sustainability

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WT/MIN(21)/6/Rev.2
Authors
WTO
Year
2021
Trade Goods Services Climate Change
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The environmental goods and services industry: manual for data collection and analysis

Publication
OECD Publishing
Authors
OECD
Year
1999
Trade Goods Services Climate Change
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Environmental Provisions in Trade Agreements: Defending Regulatory Space or Pursuing Offensive Interests?

Publication
Environmental Politics
Authors
Dominique Blümer , Jean-Frédéric Morin, Clara Brandi
Year
2020
Trade Goods Services Climate Change
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The Untapped Potential of Preferential Trade Agreements for Climate Governance

Publication
Environmental Politics
Authors
Jean-Frédéric Morin , Sikinah Jinnah
Year
2021
Trade Goods Services Climate Change Free Trade Agreements
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Trade, Climate and Energy: A New Study on Climate Action Through Free Trade Agreements

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Energies
Authors
Year
2021
Trade Goods Services Climate Change Free Trade Agreements
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Net Zero Emissions and Free Trade Agreements: Efforts at Integrating Climate Goals by the United Kingdom and Australia

Publication
International and Comparative Law Quarterly
Authors
Margaret Young, Georgina Clough
Year
2023
Trade Goods Services Climate Change Free Trade Agreements
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mpact Assessment of the Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Australia

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Gov.uk
Authors
Department of Business and Trade, UK
Year
2021
Trade Goods Services Climate Change Free Trade Agreements
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Globalizing European Union Environmental Policy

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Jouranl of European Public Policy
Authors
R. Daniel Keleman
Year
2010
Trade Goods Services Climate Change Free Trade Agreements
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Bringing Together The Trade and Climate Change Agendas: An Analysis of the Scope of the Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability

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Victoria Wellington University Research Paper Laws
Authors
Jess Anderson
Year
2020
Trade Goods Services Climate Change Free Trade Agreements
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The international trade in ES: barriers to trade and recent approaches to liberalisation

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City of London
Authors
KPMG, City of London
Year
2021
Trade Services Climate Change
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Trade Liberalisation in Environmental Services: Why So Little Progress?

Publication
Global Economy Journal
Authors
Colin Kirkpatrick, Clive George, Serban Scrieciu
Year
2006
Trade Services Climate Change
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Accelerating decarbonization through trade in climate goods and services

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World Economic Forum
Authors
World Economic Forum
Year
2022
Trade Goods Services Climate Change
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nvironmental goods and services: defining negotiations or negotiating definitions?

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Journal of World Trade Law
Authors
Alexy Vikhlyaev
Year
2004
Trade Goods Services Climate Change
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Modernizing the List of Environmental Services: OECD Proposals, in Energy and Environmental Services: Negotiating Objectives and Development Policies+F64

Publication
OECD Publishing
Authors
Dale Andrew
Year
2003
Trade Goods Services Climate Change
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Developing countries' participation in environmental services negotiations: what are the challenges and what should be done?

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World Trade Review
Authors
Sanvid Tuljapurkar, Ruosi Zhang
Year
2025
Trade Services Climate Change
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Accelerating Decarbonization through Trade 2022 in Climate Goods and Services

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World Economic Forum
Authors
Joachim Monkelbaan, Soumyajit Kar
Year
2022
Trade Goods Services Climate Change
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Environmental and Related Services

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USITC Publication
Authors
USITC
Year
2013
Trade Services Climate Change
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ervices in Global Value Chains: Solar Panel Manufacturing in China

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International Trade Centre
Authors
Quan Zhao
Year
2015
Trade Services Climate Change
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Services signalling conference: report by the chairman of the TNC

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WTO Document JOB(08)/93
Authors
WTO
Year
2008
Trade Services Climate Change
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Background note on environmental services

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WTO Document S/C/W/320
Authors
WTO
Year
2010
Trade Services Climate Change
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Experiences in the promotion and facilitation of environmental good and seevices (note by the secretariat)

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WTO Document INF/TE/SSD/W/18
Authors
WTO
Year
2022
Trade Goods Services Climate Change
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Environmental goods and services: the benefits of further global trade liberalisation

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OECD Publishing
Authors
OECD
Year
2001
Trade Goods Services Climate Change
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Environmental services: background note by the secretariat

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WTO Document S/C/W/46
Authors
WTO
Year
1998
Trade Services Climate Change
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Environmentally preferable products (EPPs) as a trade opportunity for developing countries

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UNCTAD/COM/70
Authors
UNCTAD
Year
1995
Trade Goods Climate Change
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Boosting trade in environmental goods: evidence from provisions in free trade agreements

Publication
World Development Sustainability
Authors
Fredrik Gisselman, Erik Merkus, Nils Norell
Year
2025
Trade Goods Climate Change
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Strengthening Capacities in Developing Countries to Develop their Environmental Services Sector

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UNCTADTD/B/COM.1/EM.7/2
Authors
UNCTAD
Year
1998
Trade Services Climate Change
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Services and the Environment

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UNCTAD/SDD/SER
Authors
UNCTAD
Year
1996
Trade Services Climate Change
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rade's Role in the Green Transition: The Impact of Environmental Goods Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements

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Swedish Board of Trade
Authors
Fredrik Gisselman
Year
2023
Trade Goods Climate Change
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Barriers to trade in environmental goods: How important they are and what should developing countries expect from their removal

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World Development
Authors
Jaime de Melo, Jean-Marc Solleder
Year
2020
Trade Goods Climate Change
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Environmental Goods and Services: Questions and Possible Ways Forward in the TESSD

Publication
Trade and Environmental Sustainability Series
Authors
Joachim Monkelbaan, Mahesh Sugathan, Andres Naranjo
Year
2021
Trade Goods Services Climate Change
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The stringency of environmental regulations and trade in environmental goods

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OECD Trade and Environment Working Papers
Authors
Jehan Sauvage
Year
2014
Trade Goods Climate Change
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Trade in environmental goods and services: final repor

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ECORYS
Authors
ECORYS
Year
2023
Trade Goods Services Climate Change
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The impact of trade in environmental goods on pollution: what are we learning from the transition economies’ experience?

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Environmental Economics and Policy Studies
Authors
Natalia Zugravu-Soilita
Year
2018
Trade Goods Climate Change
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Assessing the effectiveness of environmental provisions in regional trade agreements: an empirical analysis

Publication
OECD Trade and Environment Working Papers
Authors
Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso
Year
2018
Trade Goods Climate Change Free Trade Agreements
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Assessing implementation of environmental provisions in regional trade agreements

Publication
OECD Trade and Environment Working Papers
Authors
Clive George, Shunta Yamaguchi
Year
2018
Trade Goods Services Climate Change Free Trade Agreements
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Environmental provisions in trade agreements: Promises at the trade and environment interface

Publication
German Development Institute Briefing Paper
Authors
Axel Berger, Clara Brandi, Dominique Bruhn
Year
2017
Trade Goods Services Climate Change Free Trade Agreements
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Removing barriers to trade on environmental goods: an appraisal

Publication
World Trade Review
Authors
Gaelle Balineau, Jaime de Melo
Year
2013
Trade Gooods Climate Change
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Towards an environmental goods agreement style (EGAST) agenda to improve the regime complex for climate change

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M Jakob (ed), Handbook on Trade Policy and Climate Change (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022)
Authors
Jaime de Melo, Jean-Marc Solleder
Year
2022
Trade Gooods Climate Change
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nternational trade of environmental goods in gravity models

Publication
Journal of Environmental Management
Authors
Nicola Cantore, Charles Fang Chin Cheng
Year
2018
Trade Gooods Climate Change
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Trade preferences and environmental goods

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Trade, Equity and Development (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Authors
Scott Vaughan
Year
2003
Trade Gooods Climate Change
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List of environmental goods: an overview

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nternational Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development Information Note
Authors
Mahesh Sugathan
Year
2013
Trade Gooods Climate Change
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The APEC list of environmental goods: an analysis of the outcome and expected impact

Publication
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development Issue Paper No.18
Authors
Rene Vossenaar
Year
2013
Trade Gooods Climate Change
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Trade liberalisation in environmental goods

Publication
Resource and Energy Economics
Authors
Rui Wan, Minoru Nakada, Yasuhiro Takarada
Year
2018
Trade Gooods Climate Change Trade Liberalisation
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Options for liberalising trade in environmental goods in the Doha round

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nternational Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development Issue Paper No.2
Authors
Robert Howse, Petrus B van Bork
Year
2006
Trade Gooods Climate Change Trade Liberalisation
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The WTO, services and the environment

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Kevin P Gallagher (ed), Handbook on Trade and the Environment Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008).
Authors
Robert Stumberg
Year
2008
Trade Services Climate Change
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Environmental Goods and Services in the World Trade Organization

Publication
he Journal of Environment & Development
Authors
Chantal Carpentier, Kevin P Gallagher, Scott Vaughan
Year
2005
Trade Goods Services Climate Change
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Environmental Goods and Services Negotiations at the WTO: Lessons from Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Ecolabels for Breaking the Impasse

Publication
Institute for Sustainable Development
Authors
Aaron Cosbey, Soledad Aguilar, Melanie Ashton
Year
2010
Trade Goods Services Climate Change
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Synergies between trade in environmental services and trade in environmental goods

Publication
OECD Trade and Environment Working Papers
Authors
Ronald Steenblik, Dominique Drouet, George Stubbs
Year
2005
Trade Goods Services Climate Change
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Why developing countries won't negotiate: the case of the WTO environmental goods agreement

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Trade, Law and Development
Authors
Mark Wu
Year
2014
Trade Goods Climate Change Developing
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Free trade in environmental goods: the remedy problem

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CATO Institute Free Trade Bulletin
Authors
Simon Lester, K William Watson
Year
2013
Trade Goods Climate Change
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OECD Trade Policy Papers
Authors
Year
2025
Trade Services Climate Change
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