INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN THE MODERN WORLD: A Comprehensive Study of Environmental Sustainability,Global Production, Outsourcing, and Logistics - Softcover

Javed, Muhammad Ahsan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 6209930913 ISBN 13: 9786209930911

Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

In this book, Muhammad Ahsan Javed, examines two linked dimensions of international trade: its environmental consequences and its operational machinery. It argues that trade is economically indispensable but environmentally consequential, requiring the integration of sustainability into trade strategies, agreements, and supply chains. The book traces trade from ancient routes (Silk Road) to modern WTO¿governed global value chains. Positively, trade enables technology transfer, funds environmental investment, and spreads green consumer awareness. Negatively, it accelerates resource depletion, pollution, and deforestation, and can trigger a "race to the bottom" in environmental standards. Key theories reviewed include the Environmental Kuznets Curve (inverted¿U relationship between income and degradation), the Porter hypothesis (regulation stimulates innovation), and the pollution haven versus pollution halo theories .International environmental agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol, CITES, and the Ramsar Convention have achieved mixed results but remain necessary.

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Author is a supply chain and logistics professional, academic, and doctoral researcher with more than a decade of experience in defense logistics, maritime supply chain operations, and higher education. He built his professional career within the Pakistan Navy, where he served in a series of progressively responsible logistics & supply chain roles.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 6209930913
• ISBN 13: 9786209930911
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 52
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