China has become an important partner for Bolivia, both diplomatically and economically, having signed over 400 cooperation, aid and loan agreements. The country has also been a small but fast-growing partner, active in Bolivia’s mining sector and set to be Bolivia’s main partner in developing its lithium reserves. Bolivia’s exports to China have been concentrated […]
In this comprehensive reference work, Kevin P. Gallagher has compiled a fresh and broad-ranging collection of expert voices commenting on the interdisciplinary field of trade and the environment. For over two decades policymakers and scholars have been struggling to understand the relationship between international trade in a globalizing world and its effects on the natural […]
By Kevin P. Gallagher (September 2004) Free Trade and the Environment examines the impact economic integration has on the environment, using Mexico, which transformed itself from one of the most closed economies to one of the world’s most open, as a case study. As new nations join the Free Trade Area of the Americas or […]