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International Trade, Investment, and the Sustainable Development Goals: World Trade Forum

International Trade, Investment, and the Sustainable Development Goals: World Trade Forum

Author: Cosimo Beverelli; Jurgen Kurtz; Damian Raess
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108840880

Published In: October 2020
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781108744119

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In September 2015, world leaders adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a distinctive approach to development that moves away from a narrow perspective on economic development to an integrative agenda that simultaneously pursues ecological, social and economic goals. Trade and foreign investment are important economic vectors through which many of these goals can be achieved. Much depends, however, on whether and how SDGs are incorporated in international trade and investment agreements, and in private or public sector initiatives. Policymakers are also confronted with the interdependence of the SDGs which raises difficult trade-offs between various Goals.

The contributions in this book explore the penetration and trade-offs of the SDGs, drawing on a multi-disciplinary approach incorporating insights from economists, lawyers and political scientists. The book offers a valuable guide for scholars and policy makers in identifying and evaluating the complex challenges related to sustainable development.

Part I. Penetration and Diffusion of the Sustainable Development Goals:

1. A cross-cutting legal analysis of the EU PTAs' chapters on sustainable development: further steps towards the attainment of the SDGs?

Giovanna Adinolfi

2. The European Union's new international investment policy and the United Nation's sustainable development goals: integration as motor of substantive policy change?

J. Robert Basedow

3. Natural resources management in the SDGs era: insights from the WTO case law

Ilaria Espa

Part II. Top Down: Public Approaches to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals:

4. The trade effects of environmental provisions in preferential trade agreements

Axel Berger, Clara Brandi, Jean-Frederic Morin and Jacob Schwa

5. Facilitating sustainable investment: the role and limits of investment promotion agencies

Sarah Bauerle Danzman and Geoffrey Gertz

Part III. Bottom-Up: Private Sector and Civil Society Initiatives on the Sustainable Development Goals:

6. Voluntary standards, trade and sustainable development

Matteo Fiorini, Hinnerk Gnutzmann, Arevik Gnutzmann-Mkrtchyan and Bernard Hoekman

7. The role of VSS in sustainable livelihoods for cocoa farmers in Cote d'Ivoire

Lee Ann Jackson and Kossivi Balema

8. Unblocking the trade pipes: using blockchain technology to facilitate trade for sustainable development

Alisa DiCaprio, Christine McDaniel, Badri G. Narayanan and Hanna C. Norberg

9. The effects of environmental costs on public support for foreign direct investment: differences between the United States and India

Hye-Sung Kim and Youngchae Lee

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