THE INSTITUTE FOR TRADE STANDARDS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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ITSSD is an independent, not-for-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the promotion of a positive paradigm of sustainable development...

ISSUES

Negative Paradigm of Sustainable Development

	The Need to Redefine SD
	Negative SD as Disguised Protectionism
	Developing Countries, Regulatory Trade Barriers and Negative Sustainable Development
	Employing a Positive SD Paradigm to Foster Developing Country Growth
	Negative SD Process-Based Certification and Eco-labeling Standards
	Sustainability Impact Assessments (SIAs)
	Negative SD and Customary International Law – Challenges to WTO Treaty Law
	Negative SD and China
	Negative SD and United Nations Reform
	Negative SD and International Standards
	Negative SD, the Precautionary Principle, and the US
	Negative SD and NGO Activism
	Negative SD, the Precautionary Principle and the Taking of Private Property
	Negative SD and the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
	Negative SD and Socialism
	Negative SD is Socialism
	Negative SD, ‘Consensus’ and the Political Manipulation of Scientific Data

Positive Paradigm of Sustainable Development

	Positive SD and Innovation
	Positive SD and Private Property Rights
	Positive SD and Brazil
	Positive SD and the EU’s Struggle Against Food Safety-Based Trade Protectionism

The Need to Redefine SD

	Sustainable Development - Differing Interpretations
	The Negative Paradigm of Sustainable Development Is...
	Not Defining Sustainable Development the EU Way
	The EU Paradigm of Sustainable Development Calls on Governments to Shape, Regulate and Tax the Marketplace
	The Highjacking of Sustainable Economic Development by Progressive Negative Internationalists

SD as Disguised Protectionism

EU and 'Green' Plans for the Precautionary Principle: Redefining the Role of Science and Technology for the World

A New Form of EU Protectionism: Exporting Precautionary Principle-based Standards Abroad

Using International Law, Institutions and Anti-American Stereotypes To Gain a Global Competitive Advantage

EU Protection of Labor and Services Industries

Developing Countries, Regulatory Trade Barriers and Sustainable Development

	Developing Countries, Regulatory Trade Barriers and Sustainable Development
	Studies Evaluating the Negative Impacts of Overly Stringent Standards on Developing Countries

Employing a Positive SD Paradigm to Foster Developing Country Growth

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SD Process-Based Certification and Eco-labeling Standards

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Sustainability Impact Assessments (SIAs)

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SD and Customary International Law – Challenges to WTO Treaty Law

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SD and China

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SD and United Nations Reform

	Empowering the UN to Achieve The 'Negative' Paradigm of Sustainable Development
	Expanding the Scope of the UN Security Council Mandate to Include Promotion of Sustainable Development and Commitment to the Precautionary Principle
	UN Report Seeks Expanded UN Mandate for Sustainable Development to Prevent Collective Threats
	EU Illegitimately Utilizes UN as Proxy to Further its Global Ambitions
	UN Recommended Product-Service Systems
	United Nations Convention Against Corruption

SD and International Standards

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SD, the Precautionary Principle, and the US

	Precautionary Principle Replaces Physical Science with Social Science - Follows Common Fears and Reflects Bias Against Technology
	U.S. Unilateralism (Opposition to the Precautionary Principle) Reflects a Difference in the Notion of Constitutional Law
	American Proponents of the Precautionary Principle Seek to Redefine Science and Trample Private Property Rights

SD and NGO Activism

Blair Government Supported NGO Ban on Animal Testing

Promoting NGO Activism

Promoting Corporate 'Name and Shame' and 'Consumer Fear' Campaigns

SD, the Precautionary Principle and the Taking of Private Property

The War on Property Rights (2006)

Biosphere Reserves – New Jersey Commission of Safety (2003)

Property Rights Foundation of America Congressional Update – American Land Sovereignty Protection Act – (2001)

American Proponents of the Precautionary Principle Seek to Redefine Science & Trample Private Property Rights

American Land Sovereignty Protection Act Hearings Before the Committee on Resources, House of Representatives (H.R. 883) (1999)

American Land Sovereignty Protection Act (H.R. 901) (Addressing Proliferation of UN World Heritage Sites and Biosphere Reserves - 1997)

UNESCO Contribution to UN Habitat Agenda – Biosphere Reserves & World Heritage Sites (1996)

UN General Assembly Resolution 47-180 – UN Conf. on Human Settlements (1992)

UN Vancouver Declaration on Human Settlements & Vancouver Plan of Action Recommendations (Habitats I - 1976)

SD and the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights

SD and the WTO Doha Ministerial Mandate

SD and Socialism

	Why American Capitalism Succeeds and EU Socialism Fails?
	The European Socialist Dream
	Disparaging Capitalism
	The Historical and Philosophical Antecedents to the Current Wave of Anti-Americanism
	The UN Global Compact Promotes Corporate Socialism
	Long-held European Anti-American Sentiment is Threat to U.S. Global Influence
	The Rift Between the United States and Europe - No Need to Apologize for Being American

Negative SD and Brussels Centralized Decision-Making

	Czech President Vaclav Klaus – Brussels Promotes Far-Reaching Regulation of Human Activities and Standardization & Harmonization of Human Life
	Czech President Vaclav Klaus – EU Requirements Have Brought More Regulation, Government Intervention, Political Correctness and Popular ‘Isms’ That Jeopardize Freedom
	Czech President Vaclav Klaus – There is a Dangerous Tendency of the Current World to Legislate Everything, Which Threatens to Lead to Supranational Global Governance
	Czech President Vaclav Klaus – There is a Dangerous Tendency of the Current World to Legislate Everything, Which Threatens to Lead to Supranational Global Governance
	Czech President Vaclav Klaus – The Paternalistic, Overregulated Regional European Welfare State Economic System Shares Features With Communism and Limits National Sovereignty
	Czech President Vaclav Klaus -- The Biggest Threat to Freedom, Democracy, the Market Economy and Prosperity Now is Ambitious Environmentalism, Not Communism
	Czech President Vaclav Klaus – Western Europe Owes its Successful Sixty Years of Development to American Presence in Europe

Negative SD,Consensus and the Political Manipulation of Scientific Data

	UK Royal Society Plays Political 'Blame Game' on Global Warming Says Former Greenpeace Co-founder Patrick Moore
	UN and its Scientists Distort Truth About Climate Change
	Careful Scientific Calculations, Analyses and Discussions About Climate Change, Not Political Consensus, Are Needed
	English Public Responds Positively to Rigorous Scientific Analysis of the Sun’s Effect on Climate Change
	UN Minimizes Sun’s Role in Climate Change, Commits Calculation Errors, Uses Unsound Data and Exaggerates Future Warming Trends

Positive SD and Innovation

	Science, Technology and Innovation are Necessities for World’s Poorest Countries, But So Are Private Property Rights
	WIPO - Patents Are a Primary Indicator of Innovation
	Cultivating Innovation at the Corporate Level
	Commitment to Innovation Measured by R&D Intensity
	Institutions, Technological Innovation and Early Economic Growth (abstract)
	OECD Science Technology Innovation Scoreboard
	China Must Become More Innovative and Promote Entrepreneurship (CNN Money)
	The Role of IP in University Technology Transfer (UC Berkeley)
	The Role of Medical (New Drug) Innovation in Extending Human Longeavity
	Explaining America's Dominance in Biomedical Innovation

Positive SD and Private Property Rights

	Private Property and Liberty
	Private Property, Free Trade & Wealth
	Private Property and Securing Free Trade Agreements
	Private Property and Nation-building

Positive SD and Brazil

	The Need for Financial Institutions to Conduct Market Due Diligence (a new era for investments)
	The Need for Federalism, Rule of Law and Constitutional Reforms
	The Need for Decentralization/Subsidiarity
	The Need to Respect Private Property
	The Need to Develop Free Markets
	The Need to Attract Investment Capital
	The Need for Good Governance
	The Need for Free Trade
	The Need to Commit to Long-Term Economic and Financial Reforms
	The Need to Reduce State Intervention

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