Trade and investment can be effective means of implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. However, stand-alone trade and investment liberalization policies aimed at enhancing economic development may have negative side-effects on non-economic facets of sustainable development. As...

A regression model which investigates the relationship between locational choice of multinational enterprises (MNE) and environmental sustainability in host countries as the determinant of foreign direct investments (FDI) has been suggested. The following proxies are proposed for analysis of the...

In 2022, the EU and India launched negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and an Investment Protection Agreement (IPA). In line with a well-established EU practice, the European Commission requested an independent expert team to conduct a Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) study to...

In 2022, the EU and India launched negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and an Investment Protection Agreement (IPA). In line with a well-established EU practice, the European Commission requested an independent expert team to conduct a Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) study to...

The central objective of our paper is to assess the opportunities and challenges for trade for Asian economies during the low-carbon transition. To do so, we examine the green trade patterns of Asian Development Bank member economies in the Asia and Pacific region between 1990 and 2019 based on...