Trade and Environment in the World Trade Organization : The Permissible Scope of Environmentally Motivated Unilateral Trade Measures

ISBN-13: 9783639158717 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 164 str.

Teshager Worku Dagne

Opis

Environmentally motivated unilateral trade measureshave been at the center of attention in the WorldTrade Organization s dispute settlement apparatus andin other organs of the multilateral trading system. The controversy around these measures concerns, firstand foremost, their legality under the WTO rules. Thebook addresses the question whether environmentallymotivated unilateral trade measures are allowed inthe WTO. It argues that these measures are allowed inthe system only as a last resort and only if theirapplication runs congruent to the values andobjectives recognized by the system. It suggests atechnique by which the scope of legality ofenvironmentally motivated unilateral trade measuresmay be clarified. It is hoped that the discussionand proposition in this book will contribute to thediscourse on the clarification of the status ofenvironmentally motivated unilateral trade measuresin the WTO.

O autorze

Teshager Worku Dagne is currently a doctoral student in the
Faculty of Law at the University of Dalhousie. He graduated with
LL.B degree at the Addis Ababa University, and completed his LL.M
studies at the University of Calgary.