Trade and Environment. 1. The Parties reaffirm their commitment to promoting the development of international trade in such a way as to ensure sustainable and sound management of the environment, in accordance with the international conventions and undertakings in this area and with due regard to their respective level of development. They agree that the special needs and requirements of ACP States should be taken into account in the design and implementation of environment measures.
Trade and Environment. ARTICLE 8.1
Trade and Environment. This Chapter contains mutual commitments to ensure trade and environmental protection are mutually reinforcing, and that one is not pursued at the expense of the other. Each party reserves the right to pursue its own environmental protection practice, but commits to high standards, reaffirm existing international treaties and the ability to use domestic law to enforce environmental As they stand, and subject to one caveat, these provisions can be more or less copied over. The UK/EU are already bound by the same international agreements in Trade and Environment as Canada. In practice, ensuring sustainable fisheries (and access to them) is likely to be a more significant issue, and sustainable forestry less so, for a UK/EU Agreement than with CETA. However, the contentious issues would be CETA PROVISION SUPERCANADA PROVISION
Trade and Environment. This Chapter contains mutual commitments to ensure trade and environmental protection are mutually reinforcing, and that one is not pursued at the expense of the other. Each party reserves the right to pursue its own environmental protection practice, but commits to high standards, reaffirm existing international treaties and the ability to use domestic law to enforce environmental protection. The Parties commit to cooperate on trade- related environmental issues, such as facilitating and promoting trade and investment in environmental goods and services, climate change, and biodiversity. They agree to encourage trade in products from sustainably managed forests and to promote the sustainable and responsible management of fisheries and aquaculture. A mechanism is set out for consultation, co- operation and dispute resolution, with obligations to publicise the findings. The Committee on Trade & Sustainable Development oversees this area. As they stand, and subject to one caveat, these provisions can be more or less copied over. The UK/EU are already bound by the same international agreements in Trade and Environment as Canada. In practice, ensuring sustainable fisheries (and access to them) is likely to be a more significant issue, and sustainable forestry less so, for a UK/EU Agreement than with CETA. However, the contentious issues would be addressed through a specific Fisheries Protocol (see above, comments on Chapter 2, page 2) so the basic commitments of principle would be unaffected. The major sticking point is likely to be the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Canada has only recently launched its own domestic ETS (although something has been running in Quebec for some years) and there is no reason why CETA would include any mention of it. The UK is in a completely different situation, as an existing member of the EU ETS. Furthermore, whilst globally the cross-border trade in electricity is comparatively minor, one region where it is more developed is between the EU-28. The EU could well seek to demand that the UK continue its participation or at the very least impose an equivalent domestic scheme, to avoid a perceived competitive advantage for UK exporters. That has significant implications for the ultimate control of post- Brexit UK energy policy and on sovereignty
Trade and Environment. EU perspective
Trade and Environment. The development of international trade should ensure sustainable and sound management of the environment, in accordance with the international conventions. The objectives of the cooperation will be to establish coherent national, regional and international policies and reinforce quality controls of goods and services related to the environment. • Trade and Labor Standards: The EU and ACP countries reaffirm their commitment to the internationally recognized core labor standards, as defined by the relevant International Labor Organization (ILO) Conventions. Cooperation should be enhanced in the following fields: (i) exchange of information on the respective legislation and work regulation; (ii) the formulation of national labor legislation and strengthening of existing legislation; (iii) educational and awareness-raising programs; and (iv) enforcement of adherence to national legislation and work regulation. • Consumer Policy and Protection of Consumer Health: Cooperation will aim at improving the institutional and technical capacity, establishing rapid- alert systems of mutual information on dangerous products, and exchanging information and experiences on the establishment and operation of post market surveillance of products and product safety.
Trade and Environment. This chapter aims to enhance the capacities and capabilities of the Parties to address trade-related environmental issues including through cooperation. The Parties respect each other’s right to enforce their own environmental laws and regulations and reaffirm their commitments to fulfil their international environmental obligations. Key commitments under ANZTEC include: not weakening environmental laws in a manner affecting trade; ensuring that a Party’s environmental laws, regulations and policies and practices are not used for protectionist purposes, and promoting public awareness of environmental laws and regulations (Article 2); and a commitment to eliminate tariffs on the list of 132 environmental goods Annexed to the Chapter (Article 3). To address the issue of non-government actors implementing mechanisms contributing to environmental protection, each Party is to encourage businesses and non-governmental organisations to use and develop flexible and voluntary mechanisms in a manner that is transparent and does not create unnecessary obstacles to trade (Article 5). ANZTEC encourages cooperation between the Parties through various means. Any cooperative activities must take into consideration each Party’s environment priorities, needs and available resources. There is provision for the involvement of non-government sectors and other organisations in these cooperative activities (Article 6). As with the Trade and Labour Chapter, this chapter establishes contact points and a meeting of the parties which is to take place within the first year after entry into force and subsequently as mutually agreed (Chapter 7). Should any issue arise in relation to the implementation of this Chapter a Party may request consultations through its contact point. The Parties are to decide the timeframe for completion of consultations, which are not to exceed 180 days.
