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Competing Political Visions: WTO Governance and Green Politics

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It has long been recognized that environmental concerns transcend borders. As a result, they pose problems, the solution of which requires new forms of cooperation beyond the conception of international politics as structured by the interests of nation-states. Today, such cooperation has to be sought in the context of emerging global governance. This article traces differing conceptions of the political nature of global governance in the context of the debate over the trade-environment link. This link is being constructed for the global level at the WTO, and contested either with reformist intent or in more radical terms by environ-mentalists. Following an exposition of the genesis of the trade-environment link and of the different conceptions of it held by proponents of the free trade agenda and environmentalists, the article concludes by arguing for a more sustained appreciation of the issues raised by the radical critics. Copyright (c) 2001 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Martin Weber, 2001. "Competing Political Visions: WTO Governance and Green Politics," Global Environmental Politics, MIT Press, vol. 1(3), pages 92-113, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:glenvp:v:1:y:2001:i:3:p:92-113
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    1. Terheggen, Anne, 2010. "The new kid in the forest: the impact of China's resource demand on Gabon's tropical timber value chain," MPRA Paper 37982, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Mason, Michael, 2003. "The world trade regime and non-governmental organisations: addressing transnational environmental concerns," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 571, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    3. Tana Johnson, 2015. "Information revelation and structural supremacy: The World Trade Organization’s incorporation of environmental policy," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 10(2), pages 207-229, June.
    4. Weber, Heloise & Weber, Martin, 2020. "When means of implementation meet Ecological Modernization Theory: A critical frame for thinking about the Sustainable Development Goals initiative," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 136(C).

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