Sentences with phrase «environmental treaties like»
Many seasoned participants in the process, both negotiators and observers, foresee a sustained process that is more akin to decades - long trade talks than to previous environmental treaties like the Montreal Protocol cutting ozone - destroying substances.
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Secretary Clinton may try to re-negotiate environmental and labour issues in the treaty, but let's not typify a knee jerk reaction since she has publicly committed to find common ground and purpose to boost the US economy and promote free trade with like - minded partners.
Although TPP is often seen as another in a line of treaties aimed at liberalizing trade further, a more important goal may have been to «raise the bar» on trade, and to set up a body of rules, including on environmental and labor issues, with which to create pressure for countries like China to comply.
The biggest shift since the earlier gathering may be the end of a presumption that international tools like treaties should be a central focus of efforts to drive environmental progress.
The Pelly Amendment to the Fishermen's Protective Act provides the United States government with a legal mechanism to apply economic sanctions against countries like Japan that are undermining international fisheries and environmental treaties.