Are the environmental clauses in free trade agreements effective? The example of fishing
13 February 2026
Article « Les clauses environnementales des accords de libre-échange sont-elles efficaces ? L’exemple de la pêche » (‘Are the environmental clauses in free trade agreements effective? The example of fishing’), co-authored by Clément Nedoncelle, INRAE research fellow, Basak Bayramoglu, INRAE research director, Estelle Gozlan, INRAE researcher, and Thibaut Tarabbia, researcher, Paris School of Economics – École d’économie de Paris, published on 12 February 2026 on The Conversation website.
Abstract: A study shows that the environmental clauses contained in free trade agreements are ambivalent: their success depends largely on the overall context and the political will to implement them. The main problem? They do not really contribute to transforming the models and practices that are most harmful to the environment.
