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HANDBOOK ON TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT. By Kevin P. Gallagher and Edward Elgar, 2009. The volume will serve as a guide for scholars new to the field as well as students and policy-makers needing a quick reference to the research on the interface between trade and environment. Edited by GDAE Senior Researcher and Boston University professor Kevin P. Gallagher, this handbook is divided into three sections: trade and environmental quality, trade and environmental politics, and trade and environmental policy. The volume also addresses the extent to which national environmental policy and/or global environmental agreements clash with the emerging rules of the World Trade Organization and whether such environmental policies hinder export competitiveness. For more information and for ordering see: http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/TradeEnviron.html
MONITORING UPDATE TO THE GLOBAL ANTIDUMPING DATABASE. By Chad P. Bown (Brandeis University) March 2009. This data collection effort for the World Bank serves to update the Global Antidumping Database. The newly available information in the database tracks the implementation of new trade policy instruments such as antidumping, countervailing measures (anti-subsidy policies), and safeguards. The database shows that there was a marked increase in anti-dumping trade policies in 2008 corresponding with the timing of the spread of the global economic crisis. Overall, the number of new antidumping investigations in 2008 increased by 31 per cent compared to 2007. With only two exceptions, the data provided above are collected from the each countries′ national government publications and made publically available on their websites. For access please visit http://people.brandeis.edu/~cbown/global_ad/vox-03-05-2009.html
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