Law Environmental / Energy Law

Global Environmental Protection Through Trade: A Systematic Approach to Extraterritoriality

By Barbara Cooreman
Edward Elgar Publishing April 2017

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ISBN-13
9781786434388
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication
April 2017
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
International ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Despite an increasing global awareness of environmental concerns, setting internationally binding and ambitious commitments has proven exceedingly complex.

Recognising that states are seeking alternative methods to support global environmental protection, this book takes a closer look at the possibility of using national trade measures that make market access conditional on the environmental impact of the production process abroad.

Inspired by accepted practice in other fields of law, Barbara Cooreman illustrates that the extraterritorial character of these environmental trade measures is not necessarily inconsistent with WTO law by proposing an extraterritoriality decision tree for trade measures targeting foreign production processes.

Identifying key challenges through varied case studies, the book demonstrates that states can indeed use their market to further environmental progress, when the state's environment is affected and where a minimum level of international legal support exists for the environmental concern at issue.

Demonstrating that current WTO laws leave more room for action than often thought, this book concludes that WTO law is no excuse for environmental inaction. Practical and comparative, this book will appeal to scholars of both environmental and trade law. It also offers a valuable tool to aid judges and lawmakers alike in determining the lawfulness of a measure.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Introduction

PART I: INTRODUCING ENVIRONMENTAL TRADE MEASURES
2. Product or process: Outlining the scope of trade law
3. The (extra)territorial reach of national measures under WTO law

PART II: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR AN EXTRATERRITORIALITY DECISION TREE
4. A broader perspective on extraterritoriality
5. The proposal of a WTO extraterritoriality decision tree

PART III: CASE STUDIES
6. The application of the extraterritoriality decision tree: case studies
7. Concluding chapter: outlook and final remarks

Index

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