Trade and environment

In 2009 the Committee on Trade and Environment – meeting in regular session – focused on the impact of environmental measures on market access, especially for developing countries. The committee paid particular attention to win-win-win situations where the elimination or reduction of trade restrictions and distortions would benefit trade, the environment and development. In June 2009 the Secretariats of the WTO and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP ) issued a joint report entitled Trade and Climate Change. During the year the WTO Secretariat organized three regional workshops on trade and environment.