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27 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 383 (2002)
Processes and Production Methods: How to Produce Sound Policy for Environmental PPM-Based Trade Measures

handle is hein.journals/cjel27 and id is 389 raw text is: Processes and Production Methods:
How to Produce Sound Policy for
Environmental PPM-Based Trade
Measures?
Sanford E. Gaines*
I.  Introduction   ............................................................................. 384
II. Taking Measure of the PPMs Problem           ................................ 388
A. Three Types of Environmental Regulation .................. 390
1.  Product Regulations .................................................. 391
2. Resource Access Regulations ................................... 393
3.  PPM    Regulations ........................................................ 394
B.   PPM-Based Measures Restricting Trade ...................... 395
1. Conceptual Framework ............................................. 395
a. Product-Related and Non-Product-Related
P PM  s ...................................................................... 396
b. The Locus and Nature of the Environmental
C oncern  .................................................................. 399
i.    Trans-boundary Pollution .................... 400
ii.    Trans-boundary Living Resources ...... 400
iii.    Global Environmental Concerns ......... 401
iv.     Local Environmental Concerns ........... 401
2. Considerations in Applying PPMs .......................... 402
a.  M otivation  ............................................................. 402
b.  Feasibility  .............................................................. 406
c. Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Alternatives ....... 407
3.  Policy  A nalysis ........................................................... 409
III. A Fresh Look at Trade Law on PPMs .................................. 410
A .  Regan   and  H ow  se ............................................................ 412
B .  D riesen  .............................................................................. 421
IV. Back to the Future: Clarifying and Affirming the Article
XX Exceptions to the Article III Strictures on PPM-
*Professor, University of Houston Law Center.