Trade-Restrictive Environmental Measures and the GATT

Abstract

In the preceding chapters, the particular history and structure of the WTO has been discussed, alongside a more in-depth assessment of the role and function of the DSS and some of its particularly problematic areas. This chapter will now go on to examine the provisions of the GATT that are relevant in the context of national regulatory mechanisms and, also with reference to case law in the following chapter, attempt to assess the regulatory freedom of WTO members and their relative bargaining power.