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Since 1991, when a panel of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) found that U.S. import restrictions on tuna from countries with high dolphin mortality violated GATT s trade rules, an entire field of law has emerged called Trade and the Environment. This book provides a thorough and balanced assessment of this developing area of law that affects consumer, regulatory and trade policy choices for governments around the world. It encompasses trade agreements and the evolving jurisprudence, from the 1991 tuna-dolphin case up to actions on agricultural subsidies in late 2004. This book is designed to teach students with no prior background in trade law or environmental law. It is also designed to be equally accessible to students and professors from civil law as well as common law jurisdictions. Opening chapters present key trade and environmental policy theories and concepts, and introduce the structure of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its process for adjudicating trade disputes. Substantive chapters comprehensively assess the GATT s core obligations and the general exceptions to those obligations for certain types of environmental measures. WTO agreements such as

Author

Chris Wold, Sanford Gaines, Greg Block

Publisher

Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781594600074

Subjects

Law, Language Learning, Business