ABSTRACT

This title, first published in 1990, is intended to assess the impact of national environmental control policies on international trade and competitiveness in general, and, in particular, the impact of differential environmental control policies on the international trade and competiveness of the two industrialized nations, Germany and the United States. To assess the impact of differential environmental control policies on trade, this study applies a comparative analysis of the two countries.

chapter I|8 pages

Introduction

chapter IV|15 pages

Environmental Control Costs by Industry

The U.S. and the Federal Republic of Germany

chapter V|25 pages

The Trade Impact of Environmental Control

chapter VI|6 pages

Summary and Conclusions