Chapter 9. Assessing the Sustainability of Trade Policies and Agreements

摘要

The EC programme of Sustainability Impact Assessments of global and regional trade agreements has presented many challenges. These include the difficulties in carrying out effective consultation at the regional or global level; the technical aspects of assessing sustainable development impacts whose origins lie in complex economic effects; the estimation of significant trans-boundary and global impacts; the integration of effective flanking measures into the assessment of potential impacts; and potential conflicts with local, regional and global decision-making processes.