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International Trade and the Environment: Ethical Issues

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The purpose of this chapter is to examine the interplay of law and ethics in the context of the international law of trade and its relationship with domestic environmental laws. It will primarily focus on a case study, namely a dispute over attempts by the USA to protect dolphins from certain tuna fishing practices by using import bans and restricting the right to use eco-labelling.

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  • Esty, D.C. (1994) Greening the GATT: Trade, Environment, and the Future (Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics).

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  • GATT Symposium on Trade, Environment and Sustainable Development, Geneva, 10–11 June 1994, Trade and the Environment, 28 July 1994.

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  • High North Alliance, Marine Mammal Management Debate at http://www.highnorth.no/

  • Kittichaisaree, K. (1993) Using Trade Sanctions and Subsidies to Achieve Environmental Objectives in the Pacific Rim. Colorado Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 4, 296.

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  • Schoenbaum, T.J. (1992) Agora: Trade and Environment. American Journal of International Law, 86, 700–27.

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  • Schoenbaum, T.J. (1997) International Trade and Protection of the Environment: The Continuing Search for Reconciliation. American Journal of International Law, 91, 268–308.

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  • Weiss, E. (1992) Agora: Environment and Trade as Partners in Sustainable Development. American Journal of International Law, 86, 728.

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  1. Newcastle Law School, University of Newcastle, UK

    John Alder

  2. School of Law, Keele University, UK

    David Wilkinson

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Alder, J., Wilkinson, D. (1999). International Trade and the Environment: Ethical Issues. In: Environmental Law and Ethics. Macmillan Law Masters. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14271-2_11

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