文档介绍：Journal of Economic Policy Reform
Vol. 10, No. 3, 233–240, September 2007
Green Barriers from the Standpoint of
Sustainable Development
WANG YUJING* & LIU HUIHUANG**
*Hunan University & Tianjin University merce, PRC, **Hunan University, PRC
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ABSTRACT Green barriers are one kind of non-tariff barrier (NTB). This paper points
out that green barriers evolved from sustainable development theory and environmental
protection, but patible with parative advantage. The best way to
surmount green barriers for Chinese enterprises is to implement circular production
processes and clean production techniques.
KEY WORDS: Green barriers, sustainable development, ecology environment, circular
economy, life-cycle analysis
JEL CODES: Q01, Q27, Q34, Q56
1. Introduction
Since the opening up and economic reform of China, its foreign trade volume
has risen continuously from US$ billion in 1978 to US$1,422 billion in
2005. The sum of exports plus imports as a fraction of GDP is %, the
share of exports is %, the share of imports is % in 2006 in China
(The National Bureau of Statistics of China, 2006). Exports mainly concen-
trate on labor intensive and reso