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Environment-Related disputes: An overview
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Trade and Environment at the WTO
Jul 2004
Chapter
Under the GATT, six panel proceedings involving an examination of environmental measures or human health-related measures under Article XX were completed. Of the six reports, three have not been adopted by GATT Contracting Parties. Under the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding, three such proceedings have been completed. The following provides a factual overview of these disputes.
National policies to mitigate, and adapt to, climate change, and their trade implications
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Trade and Climate Change
Jun 2009
Chapter
Climate change mitigation and adaptation measures and policies intersect with international trade in a number of ways. Th is part reviews the range of policies to mitigate, and adapt to the eff ects of, climate change. It provides examples of national eff orts on climate change mitigation and adaptation, whether voluntary or mandatory, public or private. It is based mainly on national experiences and key literature on the topic. In broad terms, it pro Read More
Resumen
May 2020
Chapter
El comercio internacional ofrece oportunidades extraordinarias para construir un mundo próspero, resistente al cambio climático y sostenible desde el punto de vista ambiental.
Maximizing opportunities for cooperation on trade and environment
Mar 2018
Chapter
When a group of countries set about rebuilding the global trading system after World War II, they were guided by the principle of multilateral trade cooperation as an effective way to avoid mutually defeating trade policies and to help build lasting peace. A key outcome was the 1947 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) — the WTO’s predecessor.
Trade and quality infrastructure
May 2021
Chapter
Trade in solar PV goods and services can only help to build a competitive solar energy sector if the goods and services in question meet customer requirements and are otherwise fit for the purpose for which they are intended. Underperforming, unreliable and failing products create barriers to the development and enhancement of solar PV and hamper the role of trade in promoting the technology's rapid diffusion across borders. A wellfuncti Read More
The environmental dimension of trade in the SDGs
May 2018
Chapter
Achieving better economic growth and better environmental outcomes is an indispensable condition for achieving the SDGs. If economic growth continues along its current environmentally unsustainable trajectory, the world risks compromising the prospects for future growth and human well-being, and even undoing much of the progress made on both fronts during the past 50 years, according to an OECD study. Forests, wetlands and other forms of “n Read More
Résumé analytique
May 2020
Chapter
Le commerce international offre des possibilités uniques de bâtir un monde prospère, résilient face aux changements climatiques et durable sur le plan environnemental.
Quels sont les liens entre lecommerce et l’environnement?
Nov 2020
Chapter
Ces dernières décennies, l’économie mondiale a connu de profonds changements : la population a fortement augmenté et le revenu moyen a presque triplé depuis 1960. Pendant cette période, l’intégration de nos économies n’a cessé de croître, grâce aux progrès réalisés dans le domaine des technologies de l’information et de la communication parallèlement à la diminution des obstacles au commerce et à l’investissement au niveau mondial.
Foreword
Mar 2018
Chapter
During the past few decades, trade has powered huge advances in economic development around the world. As the world economy has grown, however, so too have environmental challenges, which in turn risk undermining wellbeing, development, health and economic growth itself.
Aprovechar al máximo las oportunidades de cooperación en materia de comercio e inversión
May 2020
Chapter
Cuando un grupo de países se dispuso a reconstruir el sistema mundial de comercio después de la segunda guerra mundial, se guiaron por el principio de la eficacia de la cooperación comercial multilateral para evitar políticas comerciales que se invalidaran mutuamente y contribuir a instaurar una paz duradera. Uno de los principales resultados alcanzados fue el Acuerdo General sobre Aranceles Aduaneros y Comercio (GATT) de 1947, el predecesor de la OMC.
Maximiser les possibilités de coopération en matière de commerce et d’environnement
May 2020
Chapter
Lorsqu’un groupe de pays a entrepris de rebâtir le système commercial mondial au sortir de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, ces derniers sont partis du principe que la coopération commerciale multilatérale constituerait un moyen efficace d’éviter des politiques commerciales s’opposant mutuellement et de contribuer à instaurer une paix durable. Un des principaux résultats a été l’Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce de 1994 (GATT).
Can governments provide green support?
Oct 2020
Chapter
Since 2009, more than 5,000 support measures for a host of environmental objectives have been notified to the WTO.
Établir des partenariats au service du commerce, de l’environnement et de la prospérité
May 2020
Chapter
Le monde est aujourd’hui plus interconnecté que jamais. L’échelle et l’étendue des chaînes de valeur mondiales ont à elles seules créé un nouveau paysage entrepreneurial et commercial, ce qui a une influence sur les modes et les lieux de production et de consommation des biens et des services. Les pays sont bien davantage reliés les uns aux autres, et les pays en développement jouent un rôle de plus en plus important dans le commerce international. Read More
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