The WTO and sustainable development / Gary P. Sampson.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Sampson, Gary P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Organization.

Sustainable development.

International trade--Environmental aspects.

International trade.

Physical Description:

xiii, 315 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

World Trade Organization and sustainable development

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University, [2005]

Summary:

Arguing that the World Trade Organization has gravitated towards becoming a "World Trade and Sustainable Development Organization," Sampson (economic governance, Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations U., Japan) seeks to identify the policy considerations that lie at the intersection of WTO trade rules and the pursuit of sustainable development and to provide policy recommendations for improving the role of the WTO in matters relating to sustainable development. He reviews intergovernmental institutional efforts to address environmental management, investigates the substantive link between trade liberalization and sustainable development, and examines GATT-1994 and other WTO provisions that have relevance for sustainable development. He also offers chapters discussing topics such as the implications of growing consumer demand for improved product and service standards; the relationship between the WTO and multilateral environmental agreements; the regulation of genetically modified organisms; and the question of whether the WTO is a useful model for a proposed World Environmental Organization. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction and overview

Institutional considerations

Trade liberalization, market access, and sustainable development

Discrimination, WTO rules and sustainable development

WTO agreements and standards

MEAs, the WTO, and sustainable development

Biotechnology, sustainable development, and the WTO

Trade in services and sustainable development

Special and differential treatment and sustainable economic development : substance and process

Changing importance and perceptions of the WTO

World trade and environment organizations

Coherence and sustainable development.

Notes:

"UNUP-1115"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9280811150

OCLC:

60705684