Greening the GATT - by Daniel Esty (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

There is growing consensus that new international rules and principles are needed to reconcile conflicts, and promote complementarities, between trade and environmental goals. The issue is especially acute for very poor countries striving for rapid economic growth. Esty, a former Environmental Protection Agency official with extensive experience in trade and environmental negotiations, examines the vital connections between trade, environment and development. He argues that current international trade rules and institutions must be significantly reformed to address environmental concerns while still promoting economic growth and development. Esty offers new international rules and principles to help make trade and environmental policies work together to better achieve sustainable economic progress. He concludes with recommendations for a Global Environmental Organization (GEO) to promote simultaneous achievement of trade environmental goals.

Review Quotes

...concise, highly readable, well-reasoned analysis.--William K. Reilly, former administrator, Environmental Protection Agency

Daniel Esty lucidly explores among the most pressing policy arenas confounding the world community. Whatever one's perspective on the environment, the book makes for fascinating reading.--Michael E. Porter, Harvard Business School

About the Author

Daniel C. Esty was a senior fellow in 1994 and is an American environmental lawyer and policymaker. He is the Hillhouse professor at Yale University with appointments at the Yale Law School and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.