Trade
Both cross-border trade in goods and services and foreign investment are important parts of the global economy. States have undertaken to follow certain rules by signing international trade and investment agreements. From a sustainability perspective, trade and investment are ambiguous: for example, the international transport of goods causes emissions, but can also contribute to the global diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.
Ecologic Institute examines the tension between trade and the environment, especially from a legal and economic perspective, and makes proposals on how to make trade and investment agreements as environmentally friendly as possible. Reviewing evolving policies and regulatory proposals for their compatibility with international agreements is an important part of the Institute's work. In addition, Ecologic Institute develops recommendations on how to make international trade in resources along supply chains more environmentally friendly and how to prevent the illegal trade in natural resources.
Contact
Selected Projects for Trade
EU Action Plan Against Wildlife Trafficking
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Jul - Sep 2016
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European Parliament, Directorate-General Internal Policies of the Union (EP DG Internal Policies), international
International Law and Support for Renewable Energies
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Sep 2012 - Mar 2014
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Global Material Flows and Demand-supply Forecasting for Mineral Strategies (MinFuture)
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Dec 2016 - Nov 2018
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European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), international
International Governance for Environmentally Sound Supply of Raw Materials (InGoRo)
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Aug 2016 - Sep 2019
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Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Germany
Selected Publications for Trade
Gerstetter, Christiane: Substance and Style - How the WTO Adjudicators Legitimize their Decisions, in: Andreas Follesdal and Geir Ulfstein: The Judicialization of International Law, Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2018
Christiane Gerstetter and Lena Donat 2017: The Enforcement of Consumer Rights in Trade Agreements. Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband: Berlin.
Selected Presentations for Trade
Panel discussion:Statement of the German Advisory Council on the Environment on TTIP
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25 February 2016
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