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Environment
Relevant WTO treaties state that trade liberalisation and environmental protection are ‘mutually supportive’. Yet negotiations reveal more contentious discourses: that environmental regulation comprises ‘green protectionism’, or that environmental protection is a ‘non-trade’ issue. Mutual supportiveness does not contradict, but rather encompasses, these divisions. It maintains positive ambiguity: an assertion that there is no conflict between economic development and environmental protection, and also an aspiration yet to be achieved. While it implies a duty to seek good faith solutions in event of conflicts of laws or norms, it does not prescribe any precise obligation. Thus, it circumscribes the WTO’s environmental ambitions.
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- Published
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- Accepted version
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RoutledgeExternal DOI
Page range
152-175Pages
218.0Book title
The Language of World Trade Politics: Unpacking the Terms of TradePlace of publication
LondonISBN
9781138479838Series
RIPE Series in Global Political EconomyDepartment affiliated with
- Law Publications
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- Sussex Sustainability Research Programme Publications
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- Yes
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- Yes
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Clara Weinhardt, Klaus DingwerthLegacy Posted Date
2018-02-08First Open Access (FOA) Date
2020-10-29First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2018-02-08Usage metrics
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