This paper undertakes an evaluation of the Labour and Environment chapters of the TPP Agreement, with a view to … on the environment. The paper does not recommend a change in our stance on keeping environment and labour out of … multilateral trade agreements as the current multilateral trade compact, as embodied in the WTO Agreement, does not permit linkage …

like-minded countries invoke trade measures (to meet their Kyoto targets) against another WTO member but non-Kyoto Party … like the U.S, would these measures be upheld if challenged by the U.S. under WTO? In so doing, attention is paid to the … trade effects of the proposed measures to ensure their close consistency with the WTO rules, thus maximizing the WTO …