Environment and trade : a guide to WTO jurisprudence / Nathalie Bernasconi-0sterwalder ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bernasconi-Osterwalder, Nathalie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign trade regulation--Environmental aspects--Cases.

Foreign trade regulation.

Foreign trade regulation--Cases.

Non-tariff trade barriers--Law and legislation--Environmental aspects.

Non-tariff trade barriers.

Non-tariff trade barriers--Cases.

International trade--Environmental aspects.

International trade.

Environmental policy--Economic aspects.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Earthscan, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

International trade rules have significant impacts on environmental law and policy, at the domestic, regional and global levels. At the World Trade Organization (WTO), dispute settlement tribunals are increasingly called to decide on environment- and health-related questions. Can governments treat products differently based on environmental considerations? Can they block the import of highly carcinogenic asbestos-containing products or genetically modified crops? Does the WTO allow governments to protect dolphins or endangered sea turtles through the use of import restrictions on certain produ

Contents:

Front Cover; Environment and Trade; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword by Philippe Roch; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; List of Relevant GATT and WTO Disputes; List of Relevant WTO Agreements; Introduction; Chapter 1. Like Products; Background; Introduction; The concept of like products; The relevance of like products for environmental policy making; Discussion of relevant WTO provisions; The GATT in general; Article III of the GATT; Article I of the GATT; Article 2.1 of the TBT Agreement

Article 6.3 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures(SCM Agreement)Selected literature; Selected jurisprudence relating to 'like products' under GATT Articles Iand III; The Australian Subsidy on Ammonium Sulphate, 1950; Belgian Family Allowances, 1952; Spain - Unroasted Coffee, 1981; Japan - Alcoholic Beverages, 1987; US - Petroleum, 1987; Japan - Lumber, 1989; EEC - Oilseeds and Related Animal-Feed Proteins, 1990; US - Tuna/Dolphin I, 1991; US - Malt Beverages, 1992; US - Taxes on Automobiles, 1994; Japan - Alcoholic Beverages, 1996; US - Reformulated Gasoline, 1996

Canada - Periodicals, 1997EC - Bananas III, 1997; Indonesia - Automobile, 1998; Chile - Alcoholic Beverages, 2000; Argentina - Bovine Hides, 2001; EC - Asbestos, 2001; Chapter 2. General Exceptions Clauses; Background; Discussion of relevant WTO provisions; Article XX of the GATT (in general); Article XX(g) of the GATT; Article XX(b) of the GATT; Function of Article XX's Chapeau; Article XIV of the GATS; Selected literature; Selected jurisprudence under Articles XX(b) and (g) of the GATT andArticle XIV of the GATS; US - Tuna and Tuna Products from Canada, 1982

Canada - Unprocessed Herring and Salmon, 1988Thailand - Cigarettes, 1990; US - Tuna/Dolphin I, 1991; US - Tuna/Dolphin II, 1994; US - Reformulated Gasoline, 1996; US - Shrimp/Turtle I, 1998; US - Shrimp/Turtle 21.5, 2001; US - Gambling, 2005; Chapter 3. The Necessity Requirement; Background; Discussion of Relevant WTO Provisions; Articles XX(a), (b) and (d) of the GATT; Articles 2.2 and 5.6 of the SPS Agreement; Article 2.2 of the TBT Agreement; Comparing the Necessity Requirement under the GATT, SPS and TBTAgreements; Articles VI and XIV of the GATS

Selected issues relating to the necessity requirementLegitimate objectives; International standards and the presumption of necessity; Selected literature; Selected jurisprudence under the GATT, the SPS and TBT Agreements,and the GATS; Articles XX(b) and (d) of the GATT 159 US - Section 337, 1989; Thailand - Cigarettes, 1990; US - Tuna/Dolphin I, 1991; US - Tuna/Dolphin II, 1994; Korea - Beef, 2001; EC - Asbestos, 2001; DR - Cigarettes, 2005; SPS Agreement; Australia - Salmon, 1998; Japan - Varietals, 1999; TBT Agreement; EC - Sardines, 2002; Article XIV of the GATS; US - Gambling, 2005

Chapter 4. Processes and Production Methods

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-136-56700-3

1-280-47552-8

9786610475520

1-136-56701-1

600-00-0126-6

1-84977-115-4

9781849771153

OCLC:

630533910