The Environmental Effects of Free Trade / Les effets environnementaux du libre-échange

Preface ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..v
Welcome from the Chair…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….1
Keynote Address……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….3
Session One: Trade Liberalization and Natural Resources ………………………………………………………………………………….5
NAFTA Environmental Impacts on North American Fisheries …………………………………………………………………………….9
The Forestry Industry in the State of Chihuahua: Economic, Ecological and Social Impacts Post-NAFTA………………27
NAFTA Effects on Water: Testing for NAFTA Effects in the Great Lakes Basin…………………………………………………..79
Session Two: NAFTA and Pollution Impacts …………………………………………………………………………………………………..135
The Industrial Pollution Impacts of NAFTA: Some Preliminary Results …………………………………………………………….139
The Generation and Management of Hazardous Wastes and Transboundary Hazardous Waste Shipments
between Mexico, Canada and the United States, 1990–2000 …………………………………………………………………………161
Session Three: Relationships between Trade Policies and Environmental Policies ………………………………………….215
Assessing the Impact of NAFTA on Environmental Law and Management Processes ……………………………………….219
Is there a Race to the Bottom in Environmental Policies? The Effects of NAFTA ………………………………………………241
The Relocation of El Paso’s Stonewashing Industry and its Implications for Trade and the Environment ……………..263
Session Four: NAFTA’s Transportation and Manufacturing Impact on the Environment …………………………………..295
NAFTA Transportation Corridors: Approaches to Assessing Environmental Impacts and Alternatives………………….299
Mexico’s Manufacturing Exports and the Environment under NAFTA ………………………………………………………………335
Session Five: The Services and Public Sector and the Environment………………………………………………………………..357
Services Trade Liberalization: Assessing the Environmental Effects………………………………………………………………..361
Will Free Trade in Electricity between Ontario/Canada and the United States Improve Air Quality? …………………….391
Improving Wastewater Infrastructure along the Arizona-Mexico Border: An Analysis of Trends and Ideas ……………423
Closing Session: Next Steps—Policy Responses to Environment-Trade Links ………………………………………………..457

1. La libéralisation du commerce et les ressources naturelles
2. L'ALÉNA et ses répercussions sur la pollution
3. Les liens entre la libéralisation du commerce et les politiques et règlements de l'environnement
4. Les répercussions environnementales de l'ALÉNA en matière de transport et de fabrication
5. Les services, le secteur public et l'environnement
6. Prochaines étapes - Réponses politiques aux liens entre l'environnement et le commerce