Legal Research on International Trade Rules and Environmental Measures

Author: Bian Yongmin
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The issue of trade and the environment has become a hot topic in the fields of international trade and environmental protection since the 1990s. This issue has been given attention and studied by the World Trade Organization, many international environmental organizations, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and many countries. However, due to the different positions and interests of each international organization and country, opinions vary on how to achieve a "triple win" of trade, the environment, and sustainable development through legal institutional arrangements. This book provides a detailed explanation. Trade and the environment are one of the hot topics widely concerned by national and international economic organizations and countries today. Since the 1980s and 1990s, trade measures related to environmental protection have been increasingly used, often affecting the foreign trade exports of developing countries, including China. How to address these trade measures, which are widely referred to as "green barriers" in China, and how to better utilize the international rules governing such measures, are issues that many governments and businesses need to understand and further study. This book starts by examining the relationship between international trade rules and trade-related environmental measures, analyzes the international trade rules affecting trade-related environmental measures, and discusses the possibilities and pathways for modifying rules to achieve a win-win situation for trade and the environment. These analyses and discussions are based on relevant cases under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization's rules and rulings, while also considering relevant international legal rules. It is hoped that this book will provide some theoretical references for us to understand "green barriers" and formulate related policies.