Environmental provisions in Japanese regional trade agreements with developing countries


Autoria(s): Yanai, Akiko
Data(s)

07/04/2014

07/04/2014

01/03/2014

Resumo

With the growing interest in environmental issues in the global community, recently concluded regional trade agreements (RTAs) have introduced environmental provisions. These RTAs will help achieve sustainable development at the intersection of trade liberalization and ever-increasing environmental concerns. However, environmental provisions are not incorporated into all RTAs. For example, Japanese RTAs often incorporate environmental issues only in the preamble or relevant articles. As the first step in examining the environmental provisions in RTAs, this paper focuses on the RTAs that Japan has concluded with developing countries. The main characteristic of environmental provisions in Japanese RTAs is that there are very few relevant provisions. All Japanese RTAs has neither environmental chapters nor side agreements. However, the attitude toward the environment in Japanese RTAs has gradually changed since the signing of the Japan-Chile EPA in 2007, in which a joint environmental statement was adopted. Although Japanese RTAs have environmental provisions, environmental problems originating from the RTAs may occur. One of the possible causes is a lack of environmental impact assessment. Japanese RTAs need to incorporate an environmental impact assessment system in order to identify environmental problems resulting from its RTAs, and to enable the country to take appropriate measures at the appropriate time.

Identificador

IDE Discussion Paper. No. 467. 2014.3

http://hdl.handle.net/2344/1315

IDE Discussion Paper

467

Idioma(s)

en

eng

Publicador

Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO

日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所

Palavras-Chave #Developing countries #Japan #Environmental protection #International trade #FTA #International agreements #Sustainable development #Regional trade agreement #Environmental provisions #Trade and the environment #RoHS #REACH #519 #AEJA Japan 日本 #C Developing countries 発展途上国 #F18 - Trade and Environment
Tipo

Working Paper

Technical Report