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Trade, Environment, and the WTO

The Post-Seattle Agenda

Gary Sampson
foreword by Jan Pronk

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Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title

What role should international trade rules and the World Trade Organization (WTO) play in the protection of the environment? While many environmentalists argue that trade rules and procedures must be made more "green," many trade proponents fear that the international trading system will be undermined by extreme demands of environmentalists.

In this essay, Gary Sampson scrutinizes these contending views and assesses the effects of trade liberalization on the environment; the role of the WTO's dispute settlement mechanism; the potential...

Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title

What role should international trade rules and the World Trade Organization (WTO) play in the protection of the environment? While many environmentalists argue that trade rules and procedures must be made more "green," many trade proponents fear that the international trading system will be undermined by extreme demands of environmentalists.

In this essay, Gary Sampson scrutinizes these contending views and assesses the effects of trade liberalization on the environment; the role of the WTO's dispute settlement mechanism; the potential impact of WTO rules, including those dealing with production processes; and the relationship that should exist between the WTO and specific multilateral environmental agreements.

In his discussion of these issues, Sampson puts forward a priority agenda for trade and environmental ministers and proposes ways to enhance the WTO's environmental protection role and strengthen the trading system at the same time.

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This outstanding analysis of the interrelationships between the environment, international trade, and commercial policy is written by an author who has the requisite academic and institutional credentials (former director, World Trade organization's Trade and Environment Division) to write authoritatively on the subject.

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9
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168
ISBN
9781565170292
Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. The Debate on Trade and the Environment: Challenges and Opportunties
Chapter 2. The WTO in a Changing World
Chapter 3. Transparency and Public Access
Chapter 4. Trade

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. The Debate on Trade and the Environment: Challenges and Opportunties
Chapter 2. The WTO in a Changing World
Chapter 3. Transparency and Public Access
Chapter 4. Trade Liberalization and the Environment
Chapter 5. Trade and Environmental Standards
Chapter 6. Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Chapter 7. Settling Disputes
Chapter 8. Policy Recommendations
Appendix. Trade-Related Environmental Disputes
About the ODC
Board of Directors

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Gary Sampson

Gary Sampson is currently on leave from the WTO's division on trade and the environment.