Trade Policy and Ecological Transition

While the global pandemic has taken front stage since spring of 2020, environmental issues remain as pressing ever. In this article, I question whether current liberalized trade and investment regime is consistent with possibility an ecological transition argue that it not. The organization a large part economic activity on world scale by multinational corporations, profitability imperatives relatively short planning horizons, inherently conducive to intensification resource extraction commodity production. A liberal gives free rein these dynamics, which should instead be curtailed in order achieve necessary adjustments sustainable living. As such, article will explore ways could subordinated social concerns contribute to, rather than hinder, transition.