This chapter presents an analysis of sustainable development goals in the context of two mega-regional trade agreements …: the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). These preferential … trade agreements present a more efficient vehicle by which to promote sustainable development than the multilateral trading …

Sustainability Impact Assessments performed by the European Union, in the context of regional trade agreement negotiations. The … of the analysis contained in impact assessments as well as the influence of the impact assessments on the trade … development and regional trade agreements. The sustainability impact assessment performed by the European Union has a more …

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994) generally prohibits the World Trade Organization (WTO … their WTO accession protocols. Given the plethora of regional trade agreements (RTAs) and the slow progress of the WTO Doha … Round of multilateral trade negotiations, the incorporation of WTO-plus provisions into RTAs that regulate export …

In this paper, we review the sustainable development content of regional trade agreements (RTAs) globally using a new … Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and two other recent "mega" regional trade agreements (RTAs), namely the …) environment (4) human rights, (5) small and medium-sized enterprises, (6) gender, and (7) health. The global review of RTA texts …