Impact of ASEAN-China free trade agreement in CO_2 emission of marine transportation

摘要

World Summit and Sustainable Development (WSSD) agreed to link international trade with the environment from two aspects to realize sustainable development, namely, mutual support between trade, environment and development; and mutually beneficial between the multilateral trading system and multilateral environmental agreements. In the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) that has been running since 2010, research was mostly focused on trade aspect. This study aims to evaluate CO_2 emission from the marine transportation of trade, before and during ACFTA. The data was taken from the UNCTADSTAT, WITS, CEPII. By using the IATA standard of CO_2 emissions i.e. 985.97g/ton-km from air transport, and 9.53g/ton-km of sea transport, the results showed that there was an increase 1.6 time in CO_2 emissions from ASEAN-China trade transportation from period 2001-2009 (before ACFTA 2009) to period 2010-2018 during ACFTA.