WTO and Environmental Protection: Conflict and Coordination between Free Trade and Environmental Protection

Author: Huang Hui
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: This book takes the WTO rules as a starting point and focuses on environmental protection issues related to trade, exploring the conflict and coordination between the two major trends of free trade ideology and international environmental protection. It examines the role of international law in this context. The book is divided into three parts. It introduces "Free Trade Guided by WTO Rules," "WTO Rules and Environmental Protection," and "Coordination of Free Trade and Environmental Protection."
Part I, after studying the relationship between WTO rules and modern free trade, focuses on analyzing the international legal framework provided by WTO rules for modern free trade. It discusses the main provisions and principles of WTO rules and elaborates on the relevant principles.
Part II, starting with the most typical PPMs standard in international environmental protection standards, analyzes its conflict with WTO rules and further examines the green barriers raised by international environmental protection in free trade.
Part III, from a theoretical perspective, explores the deep-seated implications of the relationship between environmental protection and free trade, proposes ideas for achieving coordinated development, and reviews sustainable development strategies for coordinating the two.