A proposal on broadening Colombia’s National Carbon Tax’s scope in the light of the Law of the World Trade Organization
Climate change is an essential topic in the contemporary spotlight, and several countries have made efforts to handle it through their international commitments such as the Paris Agreement, which sets an actual baseline that has to be respected to avoid irreparable damage. Carbon taxes came into the picture as plausible tools in the fight against climate change aiming at reducing the production of greenhouse emissions. However, it is necessary to examine such measures under the light of the law of the World Trade Organization to avoid trade concerns or claims by any Member of said organization. Colombia has issued a carbon tax that charges the sale and importation of certain fossil fuels; yet, we believe that the level of protection could be superior by levying the manufacturing industry. Thus, the drafters of such measure must tread carefully on the implications that it may have on the competitive position of foreign products that could be under the scope of the tax to avoid a violation of the notions of discrimination or the imposition of unnecessary restrictions protected through the National Treatment principle enshrined in the GATT. On the other hand, the World Trade Organization allows the justification of an inconsistent measure through the general exceptions enshrined in GATT Article XX. This provision will cover these measures provided that they are not applied as a means of an unjustifiable or arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on international trade. In this research, it will be ascertained how would extended carbon taxes be compatible with the cited rules
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2020
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Authors: | Aponte González, Pablo Andrés |
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[2020]: [S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | Kolumbien | Colombia | WTO-Recht | WTO law | Welt | World | Ökosteuer | Environmental tax |
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Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (39 p) |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | In: REVISTA CONTEXTO N° 52, Julio-Diciembre de 2019 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments 2019 erstellt |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012826409
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