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 …

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 …

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

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 …

This paper discusses allocation of burden of proof in environmental disputes in the WTO system. Besides laying down the … natural principles that (i) the complainant carries the burden to (ii) make a prima facie case that its claim holds, WTO …

The basic legal instrument in the WTO Agreement regulating domestic environmental policies is the GATT National … environment, in a situation where imports may cause environmental damage. The paper finds that there may be a tension between NT … and environmental concerns, but that this is not likely to arise in the context of severe threats to the environment. In …

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 …