Trade and Environment Governance at the World Trade Organization Committee on Trade and Environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 1055-1058
Author(s):  
Gabrielle Marceau
Keyword(s):  
World Trade Organization ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Trade And Environment ◽  
The World ◽  
Organization Committee

Trade and Environment in the World Trading System: A Decade of Stalemate?

2001 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Williams
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
World Trade Organization ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Trade And Environment ◽  
Trading System ◽  
The Past ◽  
System A ◽  
The World ◽  
World Trading System

This article assesses the first decade of the trade-environment debate, and explores the possibilities for reconciliation of competing positions on trade-environment issues. It explores three aspects of the continuing conflict over trade and environment in the World Trade Organization. Rejecting both optimistic and pessimistic accounts of the past and future of the trade-environment debate it argues that important changes have occurred that have transformed the debate. But, despite the normalization of the trade-environment debate around the concept of sustainable development significant points of contention remain among the various participants.

The Big Chill: The WTO and Multilateral Environmental Agreements

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn Eckersley
Keyword(s):  
World Trade Organization ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Environmental Agreements ◽  
Trade And Environment ◽  
Trade Restrictions ◽  
Multilateral Environmental Agreements ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Types ◽  
International Trading

The increasing scope and disciplinary force of international trading rules have generated concern in the international environmental community concerning how far different types of trade restrictions in multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) are compatible with the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Environmental Nongovernment Organizations (ENGOs) have argued that the WTO exerts a form of disciplinary neoliberalism that has a ‘chilling effect’ on both the implementation and negotiation of MEAs. This paper assesses this claim, particularly in the light of the stalled deliberations of the WTO's Committee on Trade and Environment and recent WTO jurisprudence, and concludes that the WTO's trade agreements do serve to limit the scope and operation of MEAs, albeit mostly in subtle rather than direct ways. After exploring a range of options for reform it is concluded that the prospects for greening the WTO from both within and without are by no means bright.

scholarly journals New Agenda of the World Trade Organization

1996 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 69-72
Author(s):  
M Lakshminarasaiah
Keyword(s):  
World Trade Organization ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Trade And Environment ◽  
Social Standard ◽  
The World ◽  
Trade And Investment

In this feature, M Lakshminarasaiah discusses the new agenda of the World Trade Organization such as trade and environment, trade and investment, trade and social standard, reciprocity and regionalism, etc. Readers are invited to contribute to this feature.

WTO-Environment Synergy: Myth or Progressive Reality?

Think India ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-38
Author(s):  
Rohini Sen
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
World Trade Organization ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Trade And Environment ◽  
The World

Trade and environment have always been uncomfortable colleagues since the inception of the World Trade Organization and free trade. However, post the Singapore rounds in 1996, it is said that a new kind of free trade has emerged that is more conscientious and aware about environmental impacts and sustenance. While trade remains the primary objective, the WTO has taken it upon itself the task of striking a balance between liberalizing the integrated global economy and acting as a vanguard to precautionary and sustainable environmental principles. This article will look into the inter phase between trade and environment as witnessed under the pre and post WTO regimes and critically analyse judicial pronouncements and best practices to better understand this alliance.

Russian Policy of Agriculture Support and the Necessity of Its Modification after WTO Accession

2012 ◽  
pp. 132-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Uzun
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
World Trade Organization ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
World Trade ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
Wto Accession ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Agriculture Support

The article deals with the features of the Russian policy of agriculture support in comparison with the EU and the US policies. Comparative analysis is held considering the scales and levels of collective agriculture support, sources of supporting means, levels and mechanisms of support of agricultural production manufacturers, its consumers, agrarian infrastructure establishments, manufacturers and consumers of each of the principal types of agriculture production. The author makes an attempt to estimate the consequences of Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization based on a hypothesis that this will result in unification of the manufacturers and consumers’ protection levels in Russia with the countries that have long been WTO members.

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