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Sustainable development and the environment in EU and Japanese free trade agreements: embedding anthropocentric narratives.
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Environmental Politics . Jun2024, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p727-748. 22p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- New generation' free trade agreements now include 'Trade and Sustainable Development' (TSD) chapters designed to improve environmental provisions within overall trading arrangements. The wide-ranging European Union (EU)-Japan agreement of 2018 represents the culmination of a trend towards the greater inclusion of such TSD elements, and, as it covers one-third of global GDP, the significance of this agreement for trading relations cannot be understated. Comparing it with other agreements involving Japan and the EU, I argue that greater attention to sustainable development in trade connections, notwithstanding tangible significant environmental improvements, further embeds an anthropocentric narrative of trade-environment linkages and supports a 'win–win' linkage between enhancing economic growth and ensuring environmental protections. Through an eco-centric critique, I seek to challenge the fundamental anthropocentric assumptions underpinning such inclusions and explore the ways in which the language of environmental protection and climate change has been depoliticised by a particular framing of sustainable development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09644016
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Environmental Politics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177396315
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2023.2274750