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Leandro J. Llorente González
The shift from the current extractive linear production and consumption system to a circular economy (CE) has been heralded as a way to reduce the negative environmental and social impacts of human economic activity. The European Union (EU) has committed to leading the way to a worldwide CE, with the development of an international market of recyclable raw materials (RRM) as one of the main pillars of its strategy. However, there is extensive evidence regarding the unequal distribution of the economic benefits and environmental damages related to international trade. Therefore, the objective of a global fair transition to a CE may be undermined if the related markets continue to reproduce the prevailing patterns of ecologically unequal exchange. In order to test whether or not this is the case, this research studies the physical trade balance and the terms of trade on the recent RRM trade flows from, to and between the EU27 member states.
O cambio do actual sistema de lineal de extracción, produción e consumo cara unha economía circular (EC) foi anunciado como un xeito de reducir os impactos medio ambientais e sociais negativos da actividade económica humana. A Unión Europea (UE) comprometeuse a liderar a ruta cara unha EC global, co desenvolvemento dun mercado internacional de materias primas reciclables (MPR) como un dos principais pilares da súa estratexia. Porén, hai fortes evidencias da distribución desigual do beneficio e o dano medio ambiental causado polo comercio internacional. Por tanto, o obxectivo dunha transición xusta global cara unha EC pode ser socavada se os mercados implicados continúan cos patróns previos de intercambio ecoloxicamente desigual. Para comprobar se isto é o caso, este estudo analiza o saldo físico comercial e os termos de comercio para os fluxos de comercio de MPR recentes dende, cara e entre os países membro da UE27.
