WTO and circular economy

Question 1

• “Trade policies for a circular economy: What can we learn from wto experience?” (June 2020)
• Karsten Steinfatt

Answer 1

• 2. role of trade and trade policies in creating a more CE
     * Figure 1. measured related CE: reuse/repair, remanufacturing, recycling
     * Box4. Brazil - tyre case (DS332)
• 3. WTO experience relevant to CE
     * 3.2 TBT com discuss STC (soecfuc trade concerns) including unwanted wastes
     * 3.3.1. remanufactured goods
• WTO enviromental database (https://edb.wto.org/): around 7,000 notifications so far

Question 2

• ”New initiatives seek to put environment at heart of trade discussions” (December 20211)
• https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news21_e/envir_15dec21_e.htm

Answer 2

• TESSD (Trade and Enviromental Sustainability Structured Discussion), launched in November 2020
  
  • aim of complementing the existing work of the WTO’s CTE
  • adopt road map
• Informal Dialogue on Plastics Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade (IDP), launched in November 2020
  
  • identify needs to improve gathering of dat on trade includiinh HS
  • look for outcome at the latest by MC13
• Fossil Fuel Subsidies Ministerial Statement issued in December 2021

Question 3

• EGA（環境物品協定）交渉
• 「不公正貿易報告書」

Answer 3

• 2012年9月、APECウラジオストク首脳会議にて、2015年末までに54品目について実行関税率・5％以下への削減に合意
• 2014年7月、有志43か国がEGA交渉立ち上げに合意
• 2016年9月、G20杭州サミットにて、交渉の着地点（304品目の徳的）到達したことを歓迎
• 2017年1月、米国トランプ政権の発足