Carbon-related border adjustment and WTO law / Kateryna Holzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holzer, Kateryna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Organization--History.

World Trade Organization.

Foreign trade regulation--England.

Foreign trade regulation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Holzer has authored a fine study of how world trade law supervises important actual and potential climate measures. The book skillfully examines the relevant WTO rules and then applies them to various carbon-related border adjustments. The author concludes that some carbon measures may be in conflict with trade rules and makes recommendations for how to head off such conflicts. Her innovative suggestions includes recourse to preferential trade agreements.'- Professor Steve Charnovitz, The George Washington University Law School, US

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Table of cited GATT 1947 reports; Table of cited WTO reports; 1. Introduction; PART I Carbon-related border adjustment: Putting the issue into context; 2. Human-induced climate change and global action; 3. Border adjustment as it relates to climate policy; 4. Border adjustment practices in international trade; PART II WTO legal issues concerning carbon-related border adjustment; 5. PPM-based border adjustment under WTO law; 6. The possibility of defense under general exceptions of GATT Article XX

7. Testing WTO compliance of various forms of carbon-related BAMs8. Legal issues arising from the implementation of carbon-related BAMs; PART III Solutions to the WTO-inconsistency of carbon-related border adjustment; 9. The potential of and limits to a multilateral approach; 10. A bilateral approach to imposing carbon-related border adjustments; 11. Summary of main findings; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78254-999-4