Dale Colyer - Green Trade Agreements

Green Trade Agreements

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Green Trade Agreements

Dale Colyer

Professor Emeritus, West Virginia University, USA

Dale Colyer 2011

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First published 2011 by

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ISBN 9780230321069

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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Colyer, Dale.

Green trade agreements / Dale Colyer.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 9780230321069

1. International economic relations Environmental aspects. 2. Commercial treaties Environmental aspects. I. Title.

HF1359.C6629 2011

382'.9dc23

2011020963

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Printed and bound in Great Britain by

CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham and Eastbourne

This book is dedicated to my grandchildren

Nick, Alex and Charlie Krasnoff

and

Max and Emily Colyer

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