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Trade and environment in the 澳门六合彩官网资料   

• Introduction
  
  Through its goals, rules, institutions and forward-looking agenda, the 澳门六合彩官网资料 provides an important means of advancing international environmental goals.

• History
  
  Trade and environment, as an issue, is by no means new. The link between trade and environmental protection — both the impact of environmental policies on trade, and the impact of trade on the environment — was recognized as early as 1970. Towards the end of the Uruguay Round (1986–1994), attention was once again drawn to trade-related environmental issues, and the role of the soon-to-be-created World Trade Organization.

• Tenth Ministerial Conference: Briefing notes

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Work in the 澳门六合彩官网资料   

• Regular Trade and Environment Committee

The Trade and Environment Committee is the standing forum dedicated to dialogue between governments on the impact of trade policies on the environment, and of environment policies on trade. Created in 1995, the Committee has followed a comprehensive work programme.

Under the Doha Development Agenda, the regular committee is also looking at the effects of environmental measures on market access, the intellectual property agreement and biodiversity, and labelling for environmental purposes.

• Negotiations

In the Doha Round, 澳门六合彩官网资料 members received a mandate to negotiate certain aspects of the link between trade and the environment, particularly the relationship between the 澳门六合彩官网资料’s agreements and those of other agencies, and market access for environmental goods and services. These talks take place in “Special Sessions” of the Trade and Environment Committee.

• Environmental Goods Agreement

Separately, eighteen participants representing 46 澳门六合彩官网资料 members are negotiating an Environmental Goods Agreement

• Environmental Initiatives
  • Plastics pollution and environmentally sustainable plastics trade
  • Trade and environmental sustainability

澳门六合彩官网资料 rules and environmental policies back to top

Measures aimed at protecting the environment come in various shapes and forms. Under 澳门六合彩官网资料 rules, as confirmed by 澳门六合彩官网资料 jurisprudence, members can adopt trade-related measures aimed at protecting the environment, subject to certain specified conditions.

• Introduction
• Key GATT disciplines
• GATT exceptions
• Other relevant 澳门六合彩官网资料 texts
• Environment-related disputes

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Trade and environment topical issues    

• Trade and Climate Change
  
  The issue of climate change, per se, is not part of the 澳门六合彩官网资料's ongoing work programme and there are no 澳门六合彩官网资料 rules specific to climate change. However, the 澳门六合彩官网资料 is relevant because climate change measures and policies intersect with international trade in a number of different ways.

• Trade and green economy
  
  The 澳门六合彩官网资料 offers a powerful supporting framework for sustainable development and green economy. It provides an enabling environment through its objectives, institutions and monitoring of potential trade protectionism, enforcement mechanism, toolbox of rules, and growing case law in the environment area.

• Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  
  The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 goals and 169 targets that members of the United Nations have endorsed as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

• Co-operation with Multilateral Environmental Agreements
  The 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat cooperates with a number of implementing bodies for Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), following their work and providing information on 澳门六合彩官网资料 rules and mechanisms. The CTE also regularly receives trade-relevant information and updates from MEAs.
• MEAs Matrix
• CITES Publication

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Technical assistance   

澳门六合彩官网资料 technical assistance on trade and the environment aims to help developing countries participate more effectively in the work of the Trade and Environment Committee and in the negotiations.