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  "title": "Environmental Protectionism, North-South Trade, and the Uruguay Round",
  "publication": "IMF Working Papers, January 1, 1995",
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  "summary": "The paper seeks to provide an overview of the present state of debate on trade, environment and the GATT for developing countries.",
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      "heading": "Summary overview",
      "content": "- The paper seeks to provide an overview of the present state of debate on trade, environment and the GATT for developing countries.\n- The conclusion of the Uruguay Round will have a number of direct and indirect effects on trade and environment and the GATT debate on it."
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      "heading": "Major areas analyzed",
      "content": "- Environmental product regulations including eco-labeling and other product measures with effects on production processes and border adjustment of environmental taxes.\n- Extraterritorial use of trade measures to influence environmental behavior in other countries.\n- The use of trade measures with international environmental agreements."
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      "heading": "Key themes and concerns",
      "content": "- Potential for green protectionism in North-South trade.\n- Relevance and application of GATT rules in the context of environmental product regulations and other trade-related environmental measures.\n- Interaction between trade measures and international environmental agreements."
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      "content": "- Author: Piritta Sorsa\n- Date: January 1, 1995\n- Series: Working Paper No. 1995/006\n- Issue: 006\n- Volume: 1995\n- Pages: 26\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451929041.001\n- Stock No: WPIEA0061995\n- ISBN: 9781451929041\n- ISSN: 1018-5941\n\nEnvironmental Protectionism, North-South Trade, and the Uruguay Round — Piritta Sorsa, January 1, 1995.\n\n---\n\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/30/environmental-protectionism-north-south-trade-and-the-uruguay-round-1331"
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    "The conclusion of the Uruguay Round will have a number of direct and indirect effects on trade and environment and the GATT debate on it.",
    "Environmental product regulations including eco-labeling and other product measures with effects on production processes and border adjustment of environmental taxes.",
    "Extraterritorial use of trade measures to influence environmental behavior in other countries.",
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    "Interaction between trade measures and international environmental agreements.",
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    "Date: January 1, 1995",
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