• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: The World Trade Organization and the Environment
  • Contains: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Boxes; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; PART I: BACKGROUND; 1 Global Trade Regimes; 2 Trade, Environment and Development; 3 Multilateral Environmental Agreements; PART II: THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION; 4 WTO Articles of Agreement and Beyond; 5 Trade Policies and Environmental Provisions; 6 Dispute Resolution Mechanisms; PART III: POLICY IMPLICATIONS; 7 International Trade and Environment: an Integration; 8 New Role for the WTO; 9 Towards a Better Future; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
  • Contributor: Rao, Pinninti K. [Author]
  • imprint: London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2000
  • Published in: SpringerLink ; Bücher
    Springer eBook Collection ; Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection
    Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
  • Extent: Online-Ressource (XVII, 185 p, online resource)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1057/9780333993958
  • ISBN: 9780333993958
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  • RVK notation: QM 230 : Handelspolitik
  • Keywords: World Trade Organization > Nachhaltigkeit > Internationaler Umweltschutz
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Description: This book explains the role and limitations of liberalized international trade on the global environment and sustainable development. A distinguishing feature of this book is an integration of trade, environment and development perspectives for operationally meaningful policy purposes. The topics explored include an analysis of the global trade regimes, their interrelationships with the existing multilateral environmental agreements, institutional mechanisms governed by the World Trade Organization, and a framework for pragmatic reforms