Trade Policy Statement

16.0 Trade and the Environment

CFA recognizes the importance of measures to resolve environmental problems. While the WTO is not equipped to resolve environmental problems, there is an interaction between trade and environmental issues. There is potential for legitimate environmental concerns to be used as an excuse to introduce disguised trade barriers. Neither international trade nor the environment would benefit from such action. CFA believes that:

  • The Committee on Trade and Environment should be a permanent WTO body.

     

  • Eco-labelling and other applications of environmental standards should be subject to WTO disciplines, no less rigorous than the disciplines placed on the application of other standards.

     

  • Trade provisions in international environmental agreements should be subject to full WTO discipline. If it is deemed necessary to give special consideration to any environmentally related trade measures, clear WTO rules should be developed to prevent misuse in the cause of protectionism.

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