The World Trade Organization and the environment

Book synopsis: This essential title analyses the way in which the legal rules of the WTO system impact upon environmental concerns, and is located within the context of the debate about the relationship between the protection of the environment and the liberalisation of trade. * Focuses on the Uruguay Round Agreements (including TRIPS and GATS) and how the WTO system impacts upon the environment * Takes a thematic approach to environmental issues, considering those issues in the context of the relevant WTO Agreements * No other single volume work draws together the various aspects of the WTO system that impact upon the environment