Full Description
The coming into existence of the WTO agreements has affected international economic relations and activities to an unprecedented extent by formalizing and institutionalizing them into a multilateral system. The WTO has also brought into being mechanisms to monitor compliance with the agreements. Meanwhile over the years norms of international environmental law have also evolved at both international and regional levels. Some treaties require signatory nations to
change their own legal systems to harmonize them with the new norms aimed at protecting the earth's environment. The very important question which arises as a result is: Do the WTO norms override those of international environmental law? The author of this extremely topical book has made a detailed study
of these two aspects of international law, discussed the interface between them with the aim of identifying methods of harmonious interpretation. The author argues that it is possible to make the rules under the law of international trade and of environmental law compatible by giving primary importance to humanity's ultimate goal of environmentally sustainable economic development.
Contents
INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I: TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT LAWS: STRUCTURE AND OPPOSITE CONCERNS; CHAPTER II: MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS, NON-PARTY STATES AND GATT/WTO; CHAPTER III: PROCESS AND PRODUCTION BASED ENVIRONMENTAL TRADE MEASURES OF MEAS & NON-DISCRIMINATION MANDATE OF GATT/WTO; CHAPTER IV: ENVIRONMENTAL EXCEPTIONS OF GATT: MEAS AND GATT ARTICLE XX; CHAPTER V: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS UNDER MONTREAL PROTOCOL AND WTO AGREEMENTS ON SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES; CHAPTER VI: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS UNDER THE TRIPS AGREEMENT AND THE CONVENTION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; CHAPTER VII: RECONCILING MEAS & GATT/WTO THROUGH THE RULES OF TREATY INTERPRETATION; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY
