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Multilateral environmental agreements and the GATT: Conflict and resolution?

Author
Wold C.
Journal/Series
Environmental Law | Vol. 26(3); 841 - 921; 81 p.
Date
1996
Source
IUCN (ID: ANA-059424)
Publisher | Place of publication
Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College | Portland, OR, USA
Language
English
Field of application
International
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
International trade
Abstract

The author grapples with the underlying conflicts between international trade rules as declared in the GATT and the trade provisions of various multilateral environmental agreements. Although Mr. World concludes that the parties of environmental trade agreements should assert the primacy of those agreements' trade provisions, he notes that reconciling GATT and the environmental agreements would be a more effective means of achieving environmental goals.

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