trade, environment and sustainable development elements of a southern agenda
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Trade, Environment and Sustainable
Development
Trade, Environment and Sustainable
Development
Elements of A
Southern Agenda
Elements of A
Southern Agenda
To better understand Southern concerns about the
forthcoming trade and environment negotiations and to explore how an
emergent Southern agenda might take shape.
Analysis based on two ‘data sets’:Analysis based on two ‘data sets’:
#1. Synoptic table of Southern Proposals.
#1. Synoptic table of Southern Proposals.#2. Synoptic table of Delegate Consultations.
#2. Synoptic table of Delegate Consultations.
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Environment Environment to Sustainable to Sustainable DevelopmentDevelopment
Environment Environment to Sustainable to Sustainable DevelopmentDevelopment
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Qatar Qatar changed the whole changed the whole ballgameballgame
Qatar Qatar changed the whole changed the whole ballgameballgame
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Apprehension Apprehension to to OpportunityOpportunity
Apprehension Apprehension to to OpportunityOpportunity
Southern Southern ApprehensioApprehensionsns
Southern Southern ApprehensioApprehensionsns
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Actors
Agenda
Arenas
~ Globalization
~ Sustainable Development
~ WTO~ MEAs
~ Domestic Agency
The Motors of the Trade and Environment Agenda: 3
A’s
The Motors of the Trade and Environment Agenda: 3
A’s
~ Multiple Actors
~ Multiple Locales
Yes. But it ain’t what it used to be!
Yes. But it ain’t what it used to be!
Life After Doha?Life After Doha?
Life After Doha?Life After Doha?
Hesitantly, and as part of larger compromise, the South has accepted T&E on the agenda.
Hesitantly, and as part of larger compromise, the South has accepted T&E on the agenda.
Its no longer a question of whether trade and environment will be linked, but how!
Its no longer a question of whether trade and environment will be linked, but how!
Life After Doha?Life After Doha?
Life After Doha?Life After Doha?
a) The Doha mandate on trade and environment was left purposely vague.
a) The Doha mandate on trade and environment was left purposely vague.
Life After Doha?Life After Doha?
b) The issue is very new and its implications to the WTO still unexplored.
b) The issue is very new and its implications to the WTO still unexplored.
Life After Doha?Life After Doha?
c) Parties have yet to fully develop and firm up their positions.
c) Parties have yet to fully develop and firm up their positions.
The Big News:The Big News:
#1.Just because the
developing countries accepted
the Doha Workplan (paras 31, 32, 33) does not mean that
their long-standing apprehensions on
trade and environment have
disappeared.
#1.Just because the
developing countries accepted
the Doha Workplan (paras 31, 32, 33) does not mean that
their long-standing apprehensions on
trade and environment have
disappeared.
#2.There IS an emerging sense of opportunity
about possibly turning the trade and
environment agenda into a trade and
sustainable development agenda
as a way of better aligning discussions to
developing country interests.
#2.There IS an emerging sense of opportunity
about possibly turning the trade and
environment agenda into a trade and
sustainable development agenda
as a way of better aligning discussions to
developing country interests.
On the one hand:
There is now both the opportunity (within the
Doha text) and the inclination (by Southern delegates) to move the
agenda towards sustainable development.
On the one hand:
There is now both the opportunity (within the
Doha text) and the inclination (by Southern delegates) to move the
agenda towards sustainable development.
On the other hand:
Given the South’s capacity constraints and
the history for suspicion of environmental issues,
the South could very easily slip back into a defensive, risk-minimizing strategy of
containment.
On the other hand:
Given the South’s capacity constraints and
the history for suspicion of environmental issues,
the South could very easily slip back into a defensive, risk-minimizing strategy of
containment.
Footnotes for the SouthFootnotes for the South
#2. The burden of moving towards a proactive
agenda lies firmly with the South.
#2. The burden of moving towards a proactive
agenda lies firmly with the South.
#1. Retreating into the defensive trenches is
likely to be a recipe for frustration.
#1. Retreating into the defensive trenches is
likely to be a recipe for frustration.
Market Access (protectionism, competitiveness)
Market Access (protectionism, competitiveness)
Technical Barriers to Trade
Technical Barriers to Trade
Especially, Labeling, IPR
Especially, Labeling, IPR
Southern Apprehensions – Southern Apprehensions – 1:1:
Southern Apprehensions – Southern Apprehensions – 1:1:Fears of Environmental Fears of Environmental
ProtectionismProtectionismFears of Environmental Fears of Environmental
ProtectionismProtectionism
Which MEAs are trade related
Which MEAs are trade related Environmental Goods & Services
Environmental Goods & Services
Environmental Measures
Environmental Measures
Southern Apprehensions – Southern Apprehensions – 2:2:
Southern Apprehensions – Southern Apprehensions – 2:2:Nervousness about Doha’s Nervousness about Doha’s
Unclear MandateUnclear MandateNervousness about Doha’s Nervousness about Doha’s
Unclear MandateUnclear Mandate
Pushing the agenda too hard, too fast, could backfire.
Pushing the agenda too hard, too fast, could backfire.
Southern Apprehensions – Southern Apprehensions – 3:3:
Southern Apprehensions – Southern Apprehensions – 3:3:Unease about an Agenda that Unease about an Agenda that
might spiral out of controlmight spiral out of controlUnease about an Agenda that Unease about an Agenda that
might spiral out of controlmight spiral out of control
Getting from Apprehension to OpportunityGetting from Apprehension to Opportunity
Challenges for the SouthChallenges for the South
Moving to a Proactive Agenda is
going to be neither easy,
nor automatic.
Moving to a Proactive Agenda is
going to be neither easy,
nor automatic.
The responsibility as well as
the incentive to do so lies
squarely with the South.
The responsibility as well as
the incentive to do so lies
squarely with the South.
Getting from Apprehension to Opportunity - 1
Getting from Apprehension to Opportunity - 1Build ClarityBuild Clarity
Seek clarity
on Doha’s
mandate; and
seek it fast.
Seek clarity
on Doha’s
mandate; and
seek it fast.
Getting from Apprehension to Opportunity - 2
Getting from Apprehension to Opportunity - 2Build a Southern AgendaBuild a Southern Agenda
Only the South itself can
build an authenti
c Souther
n Agenda
Only the South itself can
build an authenti
c Souther
n Agenda
Traditional Knowledge, Benefit Sharing & IPR
Traditional Knowledge, Benefit Sharing & IPR Polluter Pays Principle
Polluter Pays Principle ‘Common but Differentiated Responsibility’ and ‘Special and Differential Treatment’
‘Common but Differentiated Responsibility’ and ‘Special and Differential Treatment’ Putting Development into MEAs
Putting Development into MEAs
Getting from Apprehension to Opportunity - 3
Getting from Apprehension to Opportunity - 3Build LinkagesBuild Linkages
National Linkages National Linkages
Intra-Institutional Linkages
Intra-Institutional Linkages
Inter-Institutional Linkages
Inter-Institutional Linkages
Getting from Apprehension to Opportunity - 4
Getting from Apprehension to Opportunity - 4Build CapacityBuild Capacity
Build Capacities where they
Count:
Build Capacities where they
Count: Negotiation processes
Negotiation processes
National Research &
Analysis
National Research &
Analysis
Domestic Disseminatio
n & Implementati
on
Domestic Disseminatio
n & Implementati
on
#1.West Africa
(Senegal)
#1.West Africa
(Senegal)
Southern & East AfricaWest Asia & North
AfricaCentral America
North AsiaCaribbean
Southern & East AfricaWest Asia & North
AfricaCentral America
North AsiaCaribbean
#2.South
America(Chile)
#2.South
America(Chile)
#3.South & South-East Asia (Sri
Lanka)
#3.South & South-East Asia (Sri
Lanka)
Identifying Identifying Our Own Our Own PrioritiesPriorities
Identifying Identifying Our Own Our Own PrioritiesPriorities
#1#1
Creating Creating Options & Options &
AlternativesAlternatives
Creating Creating Options & Options &
AlternativesAlternatives
#2#2
Envisioning Envisioning a New a New
AgendaAgenda
Envisioning Envisioning a New a New
AgendaAgenda
#3#3
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?Taking the Next Step:
Imagining a Southern AgendaTaking the Next Step:
Imagining a Southern Agenda
Imagining
a New Agenda
Imagining
a New Agenda
Identifying Our Own Priorities
Identifying Our Own PrioritiesWhat are the most
important concerns and most pressing priorities for the South in general, and the region in particular, in terms of the current trade and environment issues (including issues beyond
Doha and Beyond the CTE)?
What are the most important concerns and
most pressing priorities for the South in general, and the region in particular, in terms of the current trade and environment issues (including issues beyond
Doha and Beyond the CTE)?
Imagining
a New Agenda
Imagining
a New Agenda
Creating Options and Alternatives
Creating Options and Alternatives
What innovative options can be envisaged that
would meet the South’s and the region’s Trade and Environment concerns in
the immediate and ongoing negotiations?
What innovative options can be envisaged that
would meet the South’s and the region’s Trade and Environment concerns in
the immediate and ongoing negotiations?
Imagining
a New Agenda
Imagining
a New Agenda
Envisioning a New AgendaEnvisioning a New Agenda
Thinking about the longer term trade and
environment debate in the longer term (thinking
2010-2015), what would be the form and content of a trade and environment
agenda that the South can own and advance as its
own?
Thinking about the longer term trade and
environment debate in the longer term (thinking
2010-2015), what would be the form and content of a trade and environment
agenda that the South can own and advance as its
own?
Outputs & OutcomesOutputs & Outcomes
Most Important: It’s a Dialogue
Most Important: It’s a DialogueA
Southern Conversatio
n
A Southern
Conversation
Indigenous Analysis
Indigenous Analysis
Regionally Informed
Regionally Informed
#3.A Resource-book on
Trade and Environment
#3.A Resource-book on
Trade and Environment
Outputs & OutcomesOutputs & Outcomes
#1.Regional
BackgroundersRegional Think-PiecesRegional Consultations
#1.Regional
BackgroundersRegional Think-PiecesRegional Consultations
#2.Elements of A Southern
Agenda
#2.Elements of A Southern
Agenda