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1、GreenBarriertoTradeInrecentyears,environmentalproblemsarebecomingseriousandattracttheattentionofdifferentcountries.Manycountrieshavesetoffagreenwavetoprotecttheenvironmentandthenewtypeofnon-tarifftradebarriers--greentradebarriersspringup.Greenbarriertotrade(GBT)oftenmakes
2、developingcountriessuffersincedevelopedcountriesuseGBTtoconfineimports(Chandrasekhar,Ghosh,andPal2006).OneofthestrongestmethodstopreventdomesticmarketsfromforeignimpactsisGBT(LeeandChen2011).ThereductionofunreasonableGBTcouldpromotetradeliberalizationandprotecttherightsof
3、lessdevelopedcountries.So,thestudyaboutGBTisnecessaryforinternationaltradedevelopment.ThisarticlewillanalyzethecausesandimpactsofGBT,andgivesomerecommendations.TherearedifferentdefinitionsonGBT,butthesedifferencesareslight.GBTisusuallysetbyadvancedcountrieslegallyandseems
4、tobeappropriatebecauseitisunderthesloganofpromotingecologicalharmonyandhumanhealth(LeeandChen2011).Infact,GBTisforthesakeofprotectingadvancedcountries’homeindustriesanddecreasingcompetitionpressure.CountriesimplementGBTthroughseveralmajorforms,suchasGreenTariff,GreenStand
5、ards,PackageRequirementandSanitaryandquarantineinspectionsystem(Sargent2006).ThefollowingisaboutthecausesofGBT.Thefirstreasonisthatinternationaltradenegotiationsaretoughtosucceedandinternationalconventionsareimperfect.Differentenvironmentandtradelegislationsofdiversenatio
6、nsbringaboutthelackofstrongandunifiedrulesintheglobaltrade(Dunoff1992).Thesevariouslegalstandardsstrengthenthedifficultyofglobalnegotiations.Inaddition,manyadvancedcountriesfailedtoperformtheirpromiseofreducingtraderestrictionsormadeuseofGBT(Chandrasekhar,Ghosh,andPal2006
7、).Thesebehaviorsofbreakingagreementsfurtherdamagedtherulesandsuccessprobabilityofmultilateralnegotiations,whichrendersGBTmoredifficulttosolve.Table1PreviousDohaRoundYearMainContentsandOutcomes51997-2000Talksstartinagriculture,services,andintellectualproperty.Bigdifferento
8、pinionsonthenegotiationissues.2001DohaDevelopmentAgendalaunched.Passedthe“MinisterialDeclaration