The aim of this module is to equip students with advanced knowledge and critical understanding of the growingly complex interaction between international trade...

Law and Policy of International Trade and the Environment (LAWS0297)

The aim of this module is to equip students with advanced knowledge and critical understanding of the growingly complex interaction between international trade and environmental protection from the perspective of public international law and domestic governmental regulation (i.e., State-centred norms). Since the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development, States have consistently pledged to ensure ‘mutual supportiveness’ between international trade and environmental policies in several international treaties and other legal or policy instruments. And yet, the precise meaning and implications of ‘mutual supportiveness’ remain contentious. In fact, are the international trade and environmental regimes inherently in conflict? To the extent this is so, does ‘mutual supportiveness’ assist us in reconciling existing tensions? And if it does not, how should we reconcile competing trade and environmental objectives and who should undertake such a reconciliatory or balancing exercise? The module will offer students the opportunity to explore and critically evaluate these challenging questions, through an in-depth analysis of prominent environmental measures or principles and their relationship with the law of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Law and Policy of International Trade and the Environment (LAWS0226)

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