green gdp: According to the China Green National Accounting Study Report 2004, the country suffered economic losses to the tune of US $64 billion

The Citizen Submissions on Enforcement Matters is administered by the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), a trilateral institution established by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States as part of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC). The CEC received 55 submissions from June 1995 to May 2006, although these remain to be substantially discussed in the literature. This study fills in some of the gaps through an analysis of the submission process from an actor and results based perspective.

Secrecy, economics marks the new way forward

Some examples

Rapping the US on the knuckles for banning shrimp imports from developing countries was only a technical exercise by the WTO

A fight over pickerel catch in Ontario turned into a bitter wrangle when the US started stretching every trade rule in the book

The South managed to make its presence felt, but this was due to the US Europe rift

Delegates were particularly unhappy with the secrecy maintained by the host nation USA