This week the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment will be discussing the linkages between carbon footprint control initiatives to trade. One school of thought argues that measures for mitigating effects of climate change should put into consideration all stages along the value chain right from production and distribution to consumption . However there is a general consesus on the part of LDCs that carbon control initiatives should not result in increased technical barriers to trade.
One of the major consumers and importers of such high emitting products are developing countries and particularly the least developed countries. This is especially true in the context of used machines and other instruments.
Considering that climate change has become a global concern;
1. Should this export business of the developed economies to the least developed economies continue?
2. What implications does the banning importation of used machines and other instruments have on the LDCs?
3. Can the objectives of mitigating effects of climate change be realized without handling this issue?
4. What is the way out?
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