How are EAs of trade and investment negotiations different from environmental impact assessments?
• EAs of trade or investment negotiations are strategic environmental assessments – not environmental impact assessments. A strategic environmental assessment focuses on the environmental implications of a policy before it is implemented. Conversely, an environmental impact assessment examines the potential environmental impact of a project. • Project level EA is generally seen as less complex because the key variables are more easily identified and more tangible than during strategic environmental assessments. • How many EAs of trade and investment negotiations have been completed? • As of November 2005, we have completed Initial EAs for the following trade and investment negotiations: World Trade Organization (WTO), Free Trade Area of the America (FTAA), Central America Four (CA4), and Singapore Trade negotiations; government procurement chapter of the Canada-Chile FTA; Canada-Peru Foreign Investment Protection Agreement (FIPA). • Initial EAs are underway for the Canada-Peru and Cana
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