Climate border adjustments and WTO law : extending the EU emissions trading system to imported goods and services / by Ulrike Will, Technische Universitat Dresden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Will, Ulrike, author.

Series:

Nijhoff International Trade Law Series 17.

Nijhoff international trade law series ; volume 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emissions trading--Law and legislation--European Union countries.

Emissions trading.

Foreign trade regulation--European Union countries.

Foreign trade regulation.

World Trade Organization--European Union countries.

World Trade Organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (419 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill Nijhoff, 2019.

Summary:

In Climate Border Adjustments and WTO Law , Ulrike Will develops a convincing reform proposal for a climate border adjustment (BA) on imports within the EU Emission Trading System (ETS). The proposed framework offers a realistic approach which would be immune to disputes at the WTO and comply with international climate agreements while remaining economically feasible and straightforward to implement. The book offers a comprehensive analysis of the WTO cases that might have parallels to the unresolved case of BAs. It provides interpretations of vague legal terms of the applicable WTO agreements and guidance on how to balance between environmentally related and trade liberalising WTO rules. Typified constellations of BAs pave the way for a reform of the EU ETS Directive. The inclusion of legal findings in the context of economic theory and climate science allows for a meaningful discussion of the functioning of the BA, relevant markets and competitive effects of specific design proposals. The proposed framework also takes into account the prevention of extra-jurisdictional effects.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Figures

Introduction

The eu Emissions Trading Systememissions trading system (ets) Leading to Carbon Leakage Effects

Trade Measures to Resolve the Carbon Leakage Problem

Structuring the BA in the wto Context

ets and ba Restricting Trade in Goods

ets and ba Implying Technical Regulations or Standards

ets and BA Affecting Trade in Services

Reform Proposal for an Import ba for the euets

Outlook

Back Matter

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt an der Oder, 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

90-04-39105-3