The WTO agreement and its impact on the some environmental indicators in egypt

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This research article aims to determine the extent of the impact of the WTO agreement on the most important environmental indicators in Egypt by analyzing the content of the environmental dimension in the agreement and the effect of including this dimension in global trade, also studying and analyzing the most important environmental requirements, standards and their impact on restricting the free flow of Goods and services into the world markets, in addition to determining the impact of implementing the WTO agreement on some environmental indicators in Egypt, such as agriculture, energy, and electricity, and finally proposing the necessary policies to reduce these effects in the future.

The study also used the descriptive and analytical approach in the theoretical side, in addition to using some statistical analytical tools to analyze the impact of WTO agreement on environmental indicators in Egypt, based on data from the World Resources Institute.

The results of the research concluded that the liberalizing global trade under the WTO agreement has become an inevitable reality, and with the growing tendency of developed countries to impose more restrictions and other measures to provide more protection for their products and local markets through measures related to non-tariff barriers, including the application of anti-dumping measures, Besides the application of technical obstacles such as environmental standards and their requirements at the international level, which leads to a negative impact on the exports of developing countries, including Egypt to the developed countries, and their ability to compete internationally