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Trade in the Service of Sustainable Development

Trade in the Service of Sustainable Development Linking Trade to Labour Rights and Environmental Standards

Author: Olivier de Schutter
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509918348

Published In: December 2017
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781782257158

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This book examines the fragmentation of international regimes, looking specifically at the failure to create effective linkages between the multilateral trade regime, on the one hand, and universally recognized labour and environmental standards, on the other.

Trade liberalization has proceeded through bilateral and regional trade agreements, as well as through successive rounds of multilateral negotiations of both the GATT and now the WTO.

Labour rights have been gradually defined at international level under the auspices of the International Labour Organization, which since its establishment led to the conclusion hundreds of instruments open for signature and ratification. Environmental standards have been set in a range of conventions, covering a range of areas including the protection of the ozone layer, hazardous waste, endangered species, biodiversity and climate change. But these developments have hitherto remained largely separate and disconnected from one another. International trade law, international labour law, and international environmental law, coexist. These various regimes are established under specific instruments.

This book explores whether fragmentation, as it has developed since the Second World War, is an obstacle to the pursuit of sustainable development, and if so, what can be done about it.

Introduction

1. Setting the Stage: The Limits of Fragmentation

I. Trade and Labour Rights

II. Trade and Environmental Standards

III. The Use of Environmental and Labour Conditionalities in Trade Policies

2. Sanctions Against Goods or Services that do not Comply: WTO Disciplines

I. The Core Disciplines of the WTO Regime

II. The 'Likeness' of Goods and Services and the Product/Process Distinction

III. The 'General Exceptions' Clauses of Article XX GATT and Article XIV GATS IV. Conclusion

3. The Special Regime of Border Tax Adjustments: Levelling the Playing Field

I. The Notion of Border Tax Adjustments

II. Border Tax Adjustments under WTO Law