Research on the Relationship Between International Trade and Environment

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.141How to use a DOI?

Keywords

International trade; pollution; emission; economy; overfishing; carbon dioxide; greenhouse gases; SO2; NOx

Abstract

Nowadays the impact on the environment brought by international trade has drawn wide public concern. It boosts the economy of the related countries while bringing detrimental effects to the environment. Focusing on the negative side, diverse respects including air pollution, climate change, and biological diversity are discussed in this article. During the process of manufacture and transportation in trade, a large number of harmful gases such as SO2, NOx will be emitted into the air, resulting in increasing sulfuric acid rain. The surge of carbon dioxide brought by economic activities strongly influences the average temperature worldwide, while this exhaust also accelerates the formation of PM2.5, thereby threatening the respiratory system of people. When people realize there are huge profits brought by natural resources: marine, forest, and body parts of rare species,(shark fin and ivory, for example) various illegal activities such as overfishing, deforestation, as well as killing endangered wildlife will rise dramatically. These phenomenon can bring serious damage to the biological diversity and ecosystem. To address the problems mentioned, several plausible solutions are proposed. Through the implementation of policy protection at the supervision level, trade agreements, and high punitive tariff barriers can ease the situation. Based on empirical analysis and primitive inference, it is concluded that irrational international trade is well worth governments’ attention. They need to find a balance point between being too conservative and simply caring about earnings.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiang Zhou
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/29
TI  - Research on the Relationship Between International Trade and Environment
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 7th International Conference on Social Sciences and Economic Development (ICSSED 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 841
EP  - 845
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.141
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.141
ID  - Zhou2022
ER  -