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A Research On The Environmental Problems In China's Foreign Trade

Posted on:2011-01-19Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C M ZhengFull Text:PDF
GTID:2189360305973234Subject:International Trade
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International trade is regional organizations of goods, services and technology exchange between countries, is the bonds of regional sustainable development and global sustainable development. The past 20 years, environmental issues has become a hot issue of trading system, One reason is that some countries set up trade barriers in the name of to protect the environment, the aim is to influence environmental policy in other countries and to protect the economic interests of it's own. The other reason is that environmental problems have been from a single country case, to a global problem. With the liberalization of international trade continued to strengthen, the environment must play an increasingly important role in international affairs. China's decades of "export-oriented" economic development result in China's high GDP growth. In the 30 years of reform and opening up, China's foreign trade average annual increase of 17%, and more than 20% in 2001. China's total trade in 2007 reached 2.1738 trillion U.S. dollars, compared with 20.6 billion dollars in 1978 increased by 104 times. Even by the international financial crisis in 2008, China's foreign trade import and export value reached 2.56163 trillion U.S. dollars, up 17.8% than last year. There is no doubt that foreign trade has been a stimulus to domestic economic power troika of the most full of a drive. But this economic growth is with a heavy environmental cost in return. Western public opinion and even started making the "China threat theory of resources" and the "China threat of environment," accused the output of pollution in China and its economic, political, military interests together in the international negotiations on China's major weight constraints. Whether Copenhagen climate conference, or "lianghui" held in 2010, all indicate that the Chinese Government has realized the importance of environmental issues, however, the environmental problems caused by the foreign trade is still not optimistic. Therefore it is necessary to analyze whether the development of foreign trade affect China's environment, is there have any ecological interests, and how to take effective measures to make balance between international trade and eco-environmental development. This paper analyzes these issues based on important source of environmental issues-the perspective of industrial products, from the "pollution footprint" concept, and by using "China Statistical Yearbook" in the industrial sector output and emissions data, and input-output analysis, analysis the pollution in various industrial sectors, and put forward views on how to build sustainable trading system of China, and to consider the environmental impacts of international trade for China's environmental and trade policies for reference. This article includes the following five aspects of content:The first part, Introduction, introduces articles of significance, background, domestic and international literature review, as well as the research methods and research purposes.The second discusses the relationship between environment and trade, analyzes the source of environmental problems, pointing that the prices of products and services that can not reflect the environmental costs resulting from externalities and market failure in the underlying causes of environmental degradation. Then analyze the two-way between trade and environment interaction.Thirdly, researches on the foreign trade development and the environment problems. Point out that the environmental problems caused by China's foreign trade, particularly trade in industrial products.Fourthly, the empirical analysis, from the "pollution footprint" concept, based on the "Statistical Yearbook of China" in the industrial sector output and pollution emission data, using input-output analysis, analysis the pollution in various industrial sectors.Finally, recommends corresponding policies.
Keywords/Search Tags:trade and environment, environment internalization, pollution footprint, policy recommendations, industry association
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