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Enforcement Of Environmental Laws Under A Supplemental Agreement To The North American Free Trade Agreement, William Snape Jan 1993

Enforcement Of Environmental Laws Under A Supplemental Agreement To The North American Free Trade Agreement, William Snape

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INTRODUCTION: Enforcement of environmental laws is one of the key issues in the debate over the relationship between trade and environment in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Without uniformly strong enforcement in all three NAFTA nations, there is the potential for in- creased migration of "dirty" industries to nations with lax enforcement, and for increased environmental degradation. Furthermore, industries subject to lax enforcement do not have to internalize environmental compliance costs and so have a competitive advantage over their international rivals. This article discusses various approaches to encouraging enhanced enforcement of environmental laws as one component of a …