Report

First North American Symposium on Understanding the Linkages Between Trade and Environment

January 25, 2002
Through the combination of its substantive provisions, adjudicative processes and enforcement mechanisms, trade law has a significant impact on how governments can take environmental decisions and enact environmental measures.

This paper undertakes a survey of the application of trade law rules to environmental management and decision-making by governments. It correlates five generic stages of environmental management against seven major trade law disciplines that are particularly relevant to measures for the protection of the national environment.

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IISD
Copyright
IISD, 2002