The World Trade Organization and disputes involving multilateral environment agreements Author Lennard M. Journal/Series European Environmental Law Review | Vol. 5(11); 306 - 314; 9 p. Date 1996 Source IUCN (ID: ANA-059439) Publisher | Place of publication Graham & Trotman /Martinus Nijhoff | London, UK Language English Field of application International Subject Environment gen. Keyword Dispute settlement International trade Abstract In December of this year the First World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference will consider the potential clash between WTO trade rules and trade sanctions in multilateral environmental agreements. There are real difficulties in reconciling the two regimes, and to achieve a workable accommodation, amendments to the WTO 's GATT regime appear necessary, as well, perhaps as changes in the ' culture ' of both trading and environmental systems: the way rules are developed and administered. The paper explores the nature of the trade-environment conflict in a GATT context and considers some options for creating a greater synthesis of trade and environment regimes