Title: Reviewing the state of sustainable environmental protection in the WTO : some signs of a slow but progressive paradigm shift
Abstract: There has been a gradual change and paradigm shift in the multilateral trade sphere
regarding the links between trade, sustainable development and the environment.
Sustainable environment is no longer outside the realm of the WTO. The preamble to
the Agreement Establishing the WTO has been expanded to include a specific
commitment to sustainable development. The WTO approach to sustainable
development seeks to balance economic development and environmental protection
concerns. This approach is notable particularly in GATT Article XX, and in several of
GATT's associated agreements. The decisions of the WTO dispute resolution bodies
also had some ramifications for the trade-environment link debate by stating that
trade interests do not exist in clinical isolation to non-trade interests such as the
environment. Nevertheless, there are several challenges to the trade-environment
interface, which require reforms to achieve a more coherent and balanced approach
to multilateral trade policy, environmental protection and sustainable development.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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