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The relationship between the principle of free trade and nature conservation is one of the most acute and multifaceted problems in international business. The diversity of WTO activities implies the necessity of interdisciplinary studies utilizing the expertise and experience of specialists in international law and ecologists. In this paper, provisions of the WTO set of agreements and procedures for dispute settlement within the WTO framework are considered as applied to environmental protection.
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Original Russian Text © A.K. Golichenkov, A.S. Ispolinov, O.V. Kadysheva, 2014, published in Ekologiya, 2014, No. 5, pp. 332–338.
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Golichenkov, A.K., Ispolinov, A.S. & Kadysheva, O.V. The WTO, ecology, and Russia: The time to make decisions. Russ J Ecol 45, 333–337 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413614050051
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