Profiling the Commission for Environmental Cooperation

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The Commission for Environmental Cooperation implements provisions from the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation. The commission does not consider itself an enforcement body, but it instead believes that it purpose lies in being a clearinghouse for information and a coordinator of diverse interests and issues. Some of these issues include biodiversity, trade and economy, and pollutants.

Management, Commission for Environmental Cooperation

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NAFTA loophole threatens environmental legislation

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Foreign companies are beginning to take advantage of a loophole in the North American Free Trade Agreement. These companies are seeking compensation for the business losses they attribute to environmental regulations and policies passed in Mexico, Canada and the US. The decision to use the treaty's Chapter 11 provisions is seen by some to be an overly aggressive interpretation.

Government regulation, Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs, Trade Relations, Environmental Programs, Environmental aspects, International economic relations, Trade policy, Environmental policy

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Trade ministers urged to consider sustainablility issues

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The Summit of the Americas held in Quebec City highlited the need for trade ministers to consider sustainable development issues alongside negotiations for a Free Trade Area of the Americas by 2005. Some Latin American countries voiced fears that environmental provisions could be used as pretext for protectionist policies.

Canada, International economic relations, Latin America, Quebec, Trade Negotiations, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Sustainable development, Free trade, Quebec, Quebec, Summit of the Americas

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