telecommunications industry. We analyse in particular the role of the WTO agreement in furthering liberalization around the world, and … NAFTA. The WTO agreement comes out of the analysis quite well. It is an important instrument of protecting and safeguarding … Telekommunikation. Speziell fragen wir nach dem Beitrag des WTO-Abkommens zur weltweiten Liberalisierung und nach dem Schutz, den es …

ambitious expectations. For example, on average across all WTO Members, only one-third of all services sectors have been …

procurement, competition, environment and labour issues - all qualified as new topics to the international negotiations agenda on …

The current WTO jurisdiction on linkages of trade and environment is not free of contradictions and has provided for … heated debate due to some inconsistencies in past WTO rulings. The article argues that the WTO jurisdiction is not only … unclear but also lacks economic reasoning. It aims to structure WTO provisions and WTO case rulings so that their application …

on Trade and Environment (CTE) mandated the WTO Secretariat to compile and collate all environment-related measures … notified to WTO. The database also includes environment-related entries found in Trade Policy Reviews (TPRs). This information …In order to ensure transparency and to keep abreast of trade policies in support of sustainability, the WTO Committee …

The effects of international trade on the planet's climate and environment are manifold and complex. This makes …

Organization (WTO). With the aim of stimulating discussion, this paper asks the question of how trade, and WTO rules, can … contribute to the post-2015 development agenda? In reply, the author offers some thoughts on 10 contributions that trade, and WTO … environment for the achievement of the post-2015 development agenda; the role that trade, and trade policy, can play in meeting …

twofold. Firstly, we will determine which WTO provisions would have been violated by the EC. Secondly, we will highlight the … environment debate. The paper concludes that the role of the precautionary principle in the application of the EC legislation is … on its relevance for the interpretation of WTO provisions, will finally determine the influence of the GMO dispute on the …