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The WTO and the environment : development of competence beyond trade / James K.R. Watson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watson, James K. R., author.
- Series:
- Routledge Research in International Economic Law
- Routledge research in international economic law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World Trade Organization--Rules and practice.
- World Trade Organization.
- Environmental law, International.
- Foreign trade regulation.
- Arbitration (International law).
- Environmental policy--International cooperation.
- Environmental policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is a review of the development of the WTO dispute resolution procedure and the power and influence it has gained over the practises of the member countries as well as in other international treaties. The book addresses the development of environmental competency in the WTO and examines the arguments of those who oppose WTO rule making with impacts on the environment. The WTO's interactions with multilateral environmental agreements are considered and recent WTO cases including the 2011 US/Mexico tuna dispute and the US sea turtles decision are analysed in detail. In examining how
- Contents:
- The development of a judicialised international trade dispute resolution system at the World Trade Organisation
- The WTO dispute resolution mechanism in comparison to other international regimes
- The role of previous decisions in the WTO DSU and their impact on member state behaviour
- Trade and environment in the international legal order
- The DSB and MEAs
- Environment under the WTO and the CTE
- Application of Article XX in the trade-environment context.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-21431-3
- 0-203-09552-9
- 1-283-86138-0
- 1-136-21432-1
- 9780203095522
- OCLC:
- 823386978
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