Taken literally, the agenda poses no risk that rich countries could misuse environmental concerns for protectionist ends (which is the poor countries' greatest concern).
Mr. Bush has said that the push to harmonize labor and environmental rules is fundamentally protectionist, geared to thwart trade rather than enhance it.
The advertorial went on to claim that criticism of Malaysia's palm oil industry – including "rampant deforestation and unsound environmental practices" – amounted to "protectionist agendas" not based on scientific fact or evidence.
Today, the few Californians who still make their living by harvesting mammal fur are given to brooding as animal protectionists and mainstream environmental groups place increasing pressure on authorities to outlaw the practice.
This cannot be simple environmental posturing; this must be economic protectionist posturing.
We got this unholy alliance between aerospace protectionist interests and ostensibly environmental concerns and we banned supersonic travel in the US.
The US has not ratified but states like California have ambitious climate change policies".When standards are not clear, environmental restrictions often become tools for protectionists to wall off local markets from competition.
"These allegations – protectionist agendas hidden under a thin veneer of environmental concern – are based neither on scientific evidence, nor, for that matter, on fact".
But France has led calls for Europe to go further and levy a carbon tariff on imports from countries with lower environmental standards, an idea that E.U. critics like Britain and Sweden consider protectionist.
The project is audited by scientific, academic and technical agencies that evaluate its environmental and socio-economic impact, and is scrutinized by local protectionist NGOs that are practically able to stop the activity if they consider that guanacos are not properly managed.
