Trade

Globalization can be defined as the process of international integration. By breaking down the walls of nations via new technology the effects are felt across the planet. Technological advances in farming practices have caused vast environmental destruction on Thailand’s ecology, as well as the rest of the world. On top of the negative globalization effects, there are also negative effects from trade agreements. A trade agreement can be defined as a trade tariff and trade treaty that gives industries incentive to locate new business and increase economic developments between countries.

Thailand's involvement in industrialization and international trade has started the depletion of their resources. There are now higher levels of deforestation and air and water pollution. The country has been focusing on their development with rapid structural changes in Thailand's economy. They have started to focus more on the industry share instead of the agriculture one and this is causing environmental problems. These problems are a result of intensive export-oriented agricultural and a few of these problems include fishing, aquaculture, forestry, and industrial production.

This picture shows unfiltered industrial waste being dumped into the fresh water supplies of Thailand.

Trade agreements and globalization both combine to have a negative effect on developing countries. Banana plantations have been replaced with industrial palm oil farms and therefore the commercial chemicals used in this type of farming are causing changes in the soil and seeping into fresh water supplies. Most of these environmental changes are the result from trade agreements. Not only do trade agreements affect the country economically and socially, but, environmentally, the effects are due to relaxed governmental control over the disposal over industrial waste.

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