A New WTO Paradigm for Trade and the Environment

Steve Charnovitz

Chapter 11 in The Path of World Trade Law in the 21st Century, 2014, pp 429-479 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: This chapter provides an overview of the “trade and environment” interface in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and proposes a new paradigm for making progress. In doing so, the chapter reviews recent developments in WTO adjudication and negotiations and examines the institutional interplay of international trade and biosafety with particular reference to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The chapter also points to several pro-environmental initiatives that could be taken by the WTO…

Keywords: International Law; Environment; Global Law; World Trade; International Organization; Labor Law; Sustainable Development; Labor Relations; WTO; International Migration; Discrimination; International Governance; Globalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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