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Guidelines for Environmental Arrangements in Trade: The New Zealand Approach

This document outlines the New Zealand approach to environmental arrangements within trade agreements, emphasizing the need for clear guidelines to support sustainable development. It addresses critical questions including the rationale, objectives, and principles behind these guidelines. Key elements include establishing transparency, promoting cooperation, and ensuring consultation in resolving disputes. The guidelines serve as a reference point for discussion among OECD countries, highlighting the importance of maintaining environmental standards while facilitating trade. Drafting options, examples, and future directions are also discussed to enhance understanding and implementation.

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Guidelines for Environmental Arrangements in Trade: The New Zealand Approach

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  1. Guidelines for Environment Arrangements Merinda-Lee Hassall Ministry for the Environment New Zealand

  2. Environment Arrangements? What? Where? HOW? WHO? Why? When?

  3. World Trade - OECD Countries OECD World Trade 1992 1992

  4. Why do we need guidelines? • Baseline threshold • Transparency • Reference point for discussion • Consistency • Increase understanding/education • Promote and encourage

  5. Framework Guidelines – 6 elements Drafting options New Zealand Approach Environment Arrangements

  6. Guidelines ‘Environment Arrangement’ • Preamble e.g. ‘closer social & political relationships & economic partnerships….…promoting sustainable development” • Objectives e.g. “Committed to the pursuit of sustainable development….”

  7. Guidelines ‘Environment Arrangement’ • Principles and Commitments e.g. “will not seek to gain trade or investment advantage by weakening its environmental laws….” • Cooperation e.g. “cooperative activities may be in areas of environmental expertise …”

  8. Guidelines “Environment Arrangement” • Institutional Arrangements e.g. “the functions of the Environment Committee will include………” • Consultation e.g. “where differences arise the Participants will resolve differences through consultation”

  9. New Zealand Approach Drafting Options • Draft text with different options • New Zealand Thailand Closer Economic Partnership, 2005. • Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership, (Brunei, Chile, New Zealand & Singapore), 2005.

  10. Framework Guidelines – 6 elements Drafting options Chile’s Draft Chapter • Useful guidelines covering the 6 elements • Would it be helpful to provide: • examples & explanations? • drafting options?

  11. Conclusion – What’s next? • Trade and environment is here to stay. • NZ approach • Chile’s draft chapter • Useful to provide drafting examples and options?

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