Subjects:

International Trade

Contents:

The position of the WTO

The WTO and environmental rulemaking

The institutional landscape of environmental policy

GATT and the protection of the environment

Access to genetic resources and traditional knowledge

Biotechnology and trade

Trade in environmental services

The environment and the regulation of multinational enterprises

The future.

This essential title analyses the way in which the legal rules of the WTO system impact upon environmental concerns, and is located within the context of the debate about the relationship between the protection of the environment and the liberalisation of trade. * Focuses on the Uruguay Round Agreements (including TRIPS and GATS) and how the WTO system impacts upon the environment * Takes a thematic approach to environmental issues, considering those issues in the context of the relevant WTO Agreements * No other single volume work draws together the various aspects of the WTO system that impact upon the environment.