Trade policy and sustainability

Thiago Kanashiro Uehara and Kate O'Reilly

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Abstract: This article analyses the scope and overall direction of the World Trade Organization and the International Fair-Trade Charter to examine contrasting trade-related institutions with regards to sustainable development. Many institutions have addressed sustainable development in commercial or trade affairs. However, we found that trade-related institutions and frameworks have relied on narrow or obsolete conceptualizations of sustainability, and that equity and sustainability remains marginal or slotted into regimes of exception. In this paper, we combine our knowledge of Sustainability Sciences, Economics, Law, and Development Studies to articulate a principled approach to trade and public policy, which serves to inform debates on civilization transitions required for true sustainability, fairness, planetary health, and a revamped set of global goals that reposition trade in societal formation.

Date: 2023-01-07
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