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El libre comercio es verde, no así el proteccionismo
Author(s) -
Yu Douglas
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
conservation biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.2
H-Index - 222
eISSN - 1523-1739
pISSN - 0888-8892
DOI - 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1994.08040989.x
Subject(s) - protectionism , free trade , international trade , subsidy , economics , trade barrier , commercial policy , urbanization , industrialisation , international economics , international free trade agreement , population , liberalization , economic growth , market economy , demography , sociology
Many writers argue that free trade will lead to environmental degradation. Most environmentally pernicious public policies, however, such as subsidies of timber extraction and ranching, are also trade protectionist policies. To the extent that free trade treaties, such as the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, do away with such trade protectionism, free trade instead could be viewed as a major pathway to environmental reform. Furthermore, trade liberalization is associated with urbanization and industrialization, both of which reduce population growth rates and the pressures of colonization. I suggest that we, as environmentalists, can ally ourselves with free traders.