Volume 1, Issue 3 (2009) | American Journal of Economics and Business Administration

Genetically Modified Organism Trade Route and Biosafety-Is It a Failing Synthesis?

Debdatta Dobe — 2009-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2009; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2009.206.212

Problem statement: GM regulations have spawned international conflicting reactions especially between US and EU, with countries requiring food aid caught midway. This article covers the following issu...

Emissions Trading is free Market Environmentalism the Answer?

Arpitha Upendra — 2009-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2009; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2009.213.218

Problem statement: Emissions trading are a product of the ideology of free market environmentalism which propagates the utilization of the market and its forces in order to ensure the protection of th...

Multilateral Environmental Agreements versus World Trade Organization System: A Comprehensive Study

Aditi Mathur — 2009-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2009; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2009.219.224

Problem statement: Most environmental problems have a transboundary nature and often global in scope, and can only be addressed effectively through international co-operation. Multilateral Environment...

Trade Externalities of Agricultural Subsidies and World Trade Organization

Satya Ranjan Swain — 2009-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2009; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2009.225.231

Problem statement: Almost every country is spending a large proportion of its income on agricultural subsidies; still the agricultural farmers of developing countries are unable to compete globally. T...

Expecting the Unexpected Macroeconomic Volatility and Climate Policy

Gajendra Singh Chauhan — 2009-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2009; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2009.232.235

Problem statement: Analysts have been comparing a policy scenario with a baseline scenario of future economic conditions without the policy, to estimate the emissions reductions and costs of a climate...

Reconciling the Bio Safety Protocol and the WTO Regime: Problems, Perspectives and Possibilities

P. G. Gayathri — 2009-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2009; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2009.236.242

Problem statement: The issue of regulation of international trade in Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) evokes a very unique, passionate and emotional debate between environmentalists and businesse...

Guised in Green: Uncloaking the Myth of World Trade Organization's Trade-Environment Harmony

Alimpan Chatterjee — 2009-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2009; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2009.243.250

Problem statement: Over the past decade the World Trade Organization (WTO) has devoted considerable attention to the implementation of policies that work on the interplay of trade and environment by i...

Trade Related Environmental Measures in Multilateral Environmental Agreements and the WTO: Irreconcilable Differences?

Nidhi Singh — 2009-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2009; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2009.251.256

Problem statement: WTO adopted a multilateral trading system without ignoring the importance of protecting environment. Exceptions in Article XX, Clause (b) and (g) checks trade at the cost of environ...

Development or the Environment

Sumit Kumar Jaiswal — 2009-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2009; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2009.257.262

Problem statement: The relationship between trade and environment is very complex though development and environment are invariably related to each other. There is a close relationship between develop...

An Attempt to Hit Two Birds with a Stone-How Smart a Choice?

Avani Bansal — 2009-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2009; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2009.263.269

Problem statement: This study critically analyses the choice of using the concept of 'sustainable development' for achieving both International trade promotion and environmental protection at the same...